Recent content by Hengus

The charging standard requires a minimum of 1.3kW. I have owned 2 by i3s and now an iX3. Beware: in situations where the excess solar fluctuates around the 1.3kW level there will be frequent starts/stops. It is possible to deplete the 12VDC battery to a state where the computer sheds what...

Thanks guys. I have been out this morning and Pressed Start. No 12 volt battery warnings appeared, and apart from a slight hum (with the doors closed/unlocked) there was nothing unusual. After about 20 mins, the car started to charge again from my charging point. I will 'rinse and repeat' over...

My driver's door reflector fell out the other day. I glued the broken catch back on and it fell out again a couple of days later. At this point, I resorted to a spot of glue at each corner.

My 120Ah i3 has got very little use in the past 9 months during lockdown. I leave the car plugged in to a 7kW charging point. Yesterday, I got the 12 volt battery off auxiliaries message. Is there anything that I can do to increase the state of charge in the 12 volt battery. Would leaving it...

More the opinion of a poster than a reliable source. He was annoyed that his very clever charging point can cope with him setting a cheap ToU 30 minute* cost to charge his i3 but cannot cope with battery pre-conditioning which, in his opinion, is vital to long term battery life. I confess that...

I am a 5 year i3 owner. I have just seen a post on another forum that suggests that battery pre-conditioning is essential to battery long term life. I will put my 'hands up' and say that most of my 60Ah i3 journeys were runs out locally. If range wasn't an issue, then I would take the car cold...

It was also possible to tailgate the car behind if ACC disconnected in low sun and the accelator pedal wasn’t fully guarded. I recall that the firmware update was rolled out in Autumn/Fall 2015.

My i3 EME module replacement was carried out over two days earlier this week. I confess that it was a little unsettling taking in a fault free i3 for such major surgery. The i3 is now back on my drive, and the brand new 330D M series tourer - complete with every toy imaginable - which they gave...

My i3 has just been recalled for this problem. I have not seen any reports on this or other forums of owners having experienced any loss of propulsion issues. I would be interested to know how the car behaved etc? The parts needed are now on back order and should be available early October...

As BMW chooses not to provide battery information after each service, I suspect that this type of concern will increasingly emerge as batteries get closer to their end of warranty period. I confess that I have always gone on range. When I sold my 2015 i3Rex in March this year, I hadn't seen any...

Update: By a process of elimination, I seem to have discovered a bug in the charging software (or it may be by design). I have deleted all my Home information from the BMW Digital Charging Service, and I have reverted to setting off-peak/delayed charging in the car. When I came to set it up...

Thanks Jim. I would seem that owners are getting more consistent off-peak charging by using the settings in the car rather than the App. As of 1 July this year, all new EV chargers in the UK have to be smart enabled which gets around having to set anything but 'charge immediately' in the car...

If only. I have a 7.4kW charger. I set delayed charging with a departure time of 0430 am. The car required 17.3kWhs to charge to 100% according to the DCS log. Charging appears to have started at about 11pm last night. My off-peak period starts at 0030am. All the charging should have been within...

A question for those who use 'off peak' charging. I am finding that setting the car up for 'off -peak' charging can be a bit hit and miss. My 'off- peak' window is 0030 to 0430am. It's a new i3 so I have access to The Digital Charging Service but no Wallbox. I can set the car up to charge via...

Just to add to this topic. Getting it wrong can be expensive: https://www.speakev.com/threads/massive-damage-bill-for-autoglass-following-new-windscreen.143121/