Recent content by brubix

It happened to me: a little impact (probably particularly unfortunate) that would have cause an small scratch on plastic or metal has made the hatch explode, literally. Total nonsense.

It never happened to me before with any car. Yesterday I started from a complete stop with a strong acceleration and, at the same time, steering right 90 degrees. After that, the car was pulling to left as if I had a flat tire, and even more than that, so much that I had to constantly pull the...

This explains why I was stuck even if I had 4% residual charge.

Updates. I've made a couple of tests in the last days, including one with the same itinerary and the same conditions of the last "problem". Everything worked as expected: at 7% SOC the REX started and I was able to drive at 140 kmh until SOC reached 2%. Then the car gradually slowed down to 121...

Very different , indeed. At least in my recent experience. With an ICE car you might not be able to turn the engine on but until the engine is running you should be ok. In my case the REX was running and when I stopped the car it was turned off automatically and ... puf ... I got stuck...

Was this a well known problem ?

No, I just tried to explain that: a) today the REX shutted down suddenly and later I've found that the 12V battery was dead (I cannot tell if this has been the cause or what was the state of the battery when the problem occured) b) the 12V battery was probably not in a good shape (3.5 y/o) and...

For those who are interested, the saga continues ... After two successful tests in the past days, this morning, in the same conditions already described, the "problem" happened again. But with a "nice" addition. So ... the car slowed down as "usual". I stopped to check if removing the fuel...

Second test yesterday, with the same itinerary and under the same conditions that induced the problem in the past. This time everything went fine: at 6% SOC the REX turned on and it was able to keep me driving at 118-122 kmh till I reached my destination (about 60km), and, at the same keeping...

First report. Upon my insistence they checked again and this time they "calibrated a sensor" and "re-programmed the car", whatever this means. I downloaded my profile to a usb key and now I see <i-step>I001-17-11-543</i-step>, if this is the current version. Unfortunately I cannot tell which...

Is it possible to see the temperature of the batteries ?

Thank you for your interesting remarks. I forgot to mention that BMW already replaced the tank sensor. It always happened in mild (or not-so-cold) weather. Last time must have been around 5-6° Celsius, but before it certainly happened in warmer days. What I find really puzzling is the "full...

I drive my i3 REX since August 2014. In more than 70.000 km I tested the car (and the REX) in all kind of situations, and I think I know pretty well what I can expect. Honestly, I truly believe this is an amazing car, practically with no limits (if only the REX could offer a little more power...