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Borrowed my wife’s i3 REx tonight. At 60mph there’s quite a lot of cabin noise. I’ve changed wheel bearings before on other cars so know the tell tale signs. Car is 2015 on 70k miles. Roads are a bit of a mess just now coming out of winter, so suspect it’s front wheel bearings. It’s a GEN 3...

It seems I spend my life chasing error codes on this car. Park Distance Control error, highlighted in cabin. When I dealt with this before it was down to one of the front parking sensors. I've scanned the car with ISTA D and the following errors came back. https://ibb.co/Mgr2cfN It does say...

So after the charging solenoid lock episode, my wife tells me there's a PDC fault (park distance control). I thought this may just be the dirty roads considering we had over a foot of snow last week and temperatures of -23. So the snow is melting and temperatures are back to normal for this...

I guess with everything that's going on around the world, this is an inconvenience, but it seems that a 90 Euro part can stop my car charging. The BMW i3 is so frustrating! So its an i3 REx, 2016. We've had snow and temperatures have been below zero. My wife wanted the car. Charging socket was...

Okay, so my wife's i3 REx (2015) is at 60k miles and the rear discs have seen better days. Passed MOT earlier this month, but when I was switching over onto winter tyres had a proper look at them. I've changed the discs and pads on my A4 Allroad with an electric parking brake, so use VCDS...

Just serviced my wife's i3 REx at 50k miles. Pollen filter, oil and filter change and the dreaded front suspension dust gaiters. I think they were done under warranty 2 years ago. That's poor to be changing them already. The parts are a few pounds, but main BMW dealer will take your kidney as...

My wife has been running her 2015 REx for about 4 years now. In that time it's had the front suspension dust covers renewed, and the fuel pressure sensor done under warranty. I've serviced it a couple of times including filter changes and oil change. This week she had to use the hold charge...

Changing the oil on my wife's 2015 i3 REx, I noticed there's the development of surface corrosion where the oil filter screws in. I managed to bend a Draper oil filter tool trying to remove it - it felt that tight, so switched to wide angle locking claw grips which did the trick. Probably due to...

I know this has been covered to various degrees, but would like specific advice please. So my wife's i3 REx (2015) is on 28k miles is due a service. The car's engine did a fair bit of work coming up the road from Blackpool to Scotland last year when it was purchased. The engine has been used...

Getting one of the Turbine 428 diamond cut alloys refurbished as it has lacquer damage. BMW won't honour it under warranty, but that's another argument. :shock: With the front wheel off I noticed the rubber dust cover has a couple tears in it. I'm assuming this is a strut out job to fix. Car...

Wife has just bought a 2015 i3 REx. Took the train to Blackpool and drove back to Scotland yesterday. As an electric newcomer I'm a total convert. Uber smooth and lots of gadgets to play with. Car is solar orange with more toys than Hamleys! Looking forward to see how the forum operates. I...