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I was looking for the possibility to install apple car play in my i3 from 2019.So I asked my BMW dealer. They couldn't do anything, but they pointed me to an aftermarket supplier in my neighbourhood. This aftermarket supplier, however, tells me (based on the VIN-number of the car), that they...

If you drive below 30 km/h with the i3, you will hear a warning sound for pedestrians. Where does this sound come from. Is there a speaker somewhere or something? If yes, where? Anyone familiar with these details?

Hello all, I have a 2014 i3-Rex. This one still has the 22 kWh battery. I would like to upgrade to the larger (almost double capacity) battery and use the old 22 kWh battery as a storage system in my house. In that case the BMS would need to communicate with a SMA Home Manager. The SMA Home...

Does anybody know where I can find the required thightening torque for the wheel bolts?

Hello all, My 2014 i3-Rex is out of its warranty period, so I thought I could save some bucks by doing the maintenance myself. It's not that difficult. Change oil+filter, interior filter, test braking oil and if required replace it, clean the discbrakepads and brake callipers, etc. The only...

I know that according to the maintenance schedule, I should change the oil and oil filter in my Rex every 2 years. However I seldom use the Rex. Most part of the running hours, are the automatic maintenance runs. I've driven about 106.000 km so far, from which about 1200 km with Rex (including...

Where can i find the required maintenance (per year or per xx,000 km/miles) for the i3 Rex?

Hello, I have a i3 Rex from 2014. I bought it with Rex because of "Range Anxiety" ...... Meanwhile, we have so many fast charging stations in Holland, that's no problem at all anymore. If we are driving a little further than usual, nowadays we are using my wife's VW E-Up (with fast charging...

Hello, In my 2014 i3-Rex (94,000 km) since a few weeks, every time I press the accelerator pedal (from standstill or from very low speed), I'm hearing a kind of metal to metal sound. Like a "click". As if the drive unit moves a bit and somehow hitst a metal limit. It is not very loud. So...

Hello, I've got a question about the charging power of my i3 Rex (2014). I don't have the fast charging possibility on my i3 Rex. I usually charge the car by means of the home charger that was supplied with the car. It draws max. 10 Amps at 230V, so 2.3 kW. However when I connect my i3 to a...

Almost five years now, I am the owner of an i3 REX. I nearly always charge at home and to do that, I'm using the portable charger as supplied with the car. Of course the dealer tells me, I should use a wall charger unit, but I don't see any reason for that. The lower charging speed of the...

My i3-REX has 75,000 km on it. From which approx. 1,100 km on gasoline. Mostly because of the automatic maintenance runs ;) Now my fuel pump is defective. A new one will cost around € 700,- (including mounting). I can't imagine it's normal practice for gasoline BMW's that fuel pumps have such...

Hello all, In my country (the Netherlands) we nowadays are having a system where you can supply PV-power to the grid and take power from the grid for the same rates (it is called : "salderingsregeling"). However this system will come to an end in a few years. From then on, you will be paying...

Hello, I have an i3 with range extender. No fast charging option. 99.9 % of the charging is done at home, with the supplied 230V single phase charger. Since my wife also has an electric car for about half a year now (VW E-UP), we sometimes draw a serious amount of power from the grid. The car's...

Hello, Last week I changed my winter tires for summer tires. At both front wheels I discovered that the protective rubber covers around the shock absorbers (inside the springs) were defect. At a German E-auto forum I discovered that I'm not the only one having this problem. My i3 is three years...

Hello, Was just wondering what your consumption values are. I recently found out, that the total distance and the electrical driven distance can both be found in the i3-app. Fortunately I kept track off the amount of fuel I've added in the i3 (from the start in March 2014). Total distance =...

Hello, I'm an i3 owner from the Netherlands. Overhere we pay salestax when buying a new car, but also we have to pay what we call "wegenbelasting"= road tax. For electric cars the "road tax" is zero. For hybrids it also was zero up to now. But from Jan 2016 on, we are obliged to pay road tax...

So, I drove the first 20000 km without any problem! I used 3547 solar kWh (real external measurement ;) ) and 11 litres of gasoline for the Rex. And I never used any public charging station. For more details, see: http://geen-energierekening-meer.weebly.com/auto.html It's in Dutch, but Google...

Just wondered: why does an i3 need vented front disc brakes. The brakes are rearly used and if so, only for short moments. Non vented discs would be cheaper and lighter. Less mass means lower electricity consumption! And less mass in the wheels means increased riding comfort! (ratio sprung /...

I like to use the ecopro and ecopro+ mode. However, every time the car is switched off, the mode is automatically reset to comfort. Each time I start the car, I have to change the mode to ecopro or ecopro+ again. But sometimes I just forget. I would like the car to stay in the mode that was...