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For sale: BMW Wallbox Pure EVSE, originally bought for $1,080. Used for 10 months. For sale for $565 (same price as a clipper creek charger HCS-40) plus shipping from Rochester, NY It is in a bigger box than the clipper creek but has a keyed enclosure for doodads, integrated holster that...

Originally purchased from Seatcoversunlimited Leatherette, front and back with head rest covers Front: i3 Blue center, grey sides Back: all grey Great for protecting the fabric of the Mega/Giga world models. The Blue and Grey colors go really well with either scheme. See photo in the link...

1) Winter wheels and tire set with TPMS - BMW original. 427 Spoke wheel with Blizzak tires. Used only one season. For sale $700 Two for the pr price of 4! (plus shipping unless we arrange a pickup). 2) Gray/Blue Leatherette seat covers, custom for i3 from seatcovers unlimited. Front and...

Don't give up so easily. All you need is psdzdata 54.1 and the eight missing CAFD files and one missing FAFP file. I bought my obd cable from compubuildernet on ebay. He provided the files.

Any one with any experience in resetting the CEL on an I3? I was coding my car and when the system restarted after a change to turn the rear lamps on with DRL in the BDC_Body Module, the CEL came on. I tried Tool32, part of BMW Standard Tools 2.12, to check. It has a code 0x3F which...

Thanks Tomasz and others. That fixed the gas gauge problem. I succeeded in generating a CEL in the process of updating the codes in the modules. The code is 0x3F which translates to "Initialization Error." The vehicle seems just fine. I tried to clear the code using Tool32 but no success yet.

I successfully coded my I3 REX after KLE replacement and software upgrade. When I tried to do the coding using psdzdata 54.1 it was not able to read the cafd files. I wrote to Antonio at compubuildernet, from whom I bought the cable on eBay for $20, and he promptly sent me a link to some...

Some observations from driving around in snow covered roads in sub-zero conditions in Rochester, NY. 1. I have the winter wheel set. The roads have been snow covered with packed snow. The tires seem just fine. I have driven a variety of vehicles with winter tires, the rear wheel drive i3...

From extra cold Rochester NY -5 this AM. I forgot to set the departure time last night as the car lay charged, plugged in but at 10F in the garage. This AM, I remembered just a half hour before departure. Instead of preconditioning as I usually do this close to departure, I set the departure...

I just had an episode when the REX would not start and the CEL came on. It would not come on for the maintenance cycle and then not come on when the SOC got below 5%. The message on the dash was "Maintenance Cycle could not be started because the battery has 75% or higher charge or the fuel is...

OK, I finally did the test with MB B Class Electric, charging with it with and without the "Range" button activated. EVSE - BMW Wallbox Pure - Max 7.2KW. Without the range extension, the MB stops charging at 88%. It charges at full rate (7.1KW) till it hits this limit and then it just...

I am sure it did not stay running, even if it did start, for more than a few moments. Many indications of problem: 1) When the REX is working, the fuel gauge goes from grey to white. This happened for a second the first time and then went back to grey. 2) The CEL light came on and stayed on...

Thanks, will try this.

Then there is also the big tail off, where the last 15% takes 90 minutes instead of the 30 min it would take if the power uptake were not reduced. I suppose one can also excuse that as being better for the battery. But, the Tesla supplied system in the MB B class Electric does not seem to need it.

Not being able to turn on and test the REX before the mileage is down to 5% is also a reliability problem. I essentially use my i3 as BEV although I have the REX option. Having the REX is suppose to take all the range anxiety away especially when now in the winter the range is much smaller and...