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    Buzzing from REx cooling fan

    Has anyone had a REx cooling fan buzz? After 38,000 km (10,000 km on REx) the cooling fan has started to emit an annoying buzzing sound. I haven't crawled under there yet so it may be an easy fix. I hate the idea of bringing it to the dealer because it will waste half a day and last time they...
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    8 presets not working properly

    Our 8 presets would work and stop working at random times. We took the car in to get a couple of recalls done so we mentioned this to the service technician. He reported that there was nothing wrong with the car and that each set of keys had separate presets associated with them. Who knew? So...
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    Adding oil to REx

    Does anyone know how to add oil to the REx? When we picked up the car we received a litre of fully synthetic BMW 5W30 oil and several very small paper funnels designed to drip oil down the oil dipstick. Although I tried to use a funnel, it proved to be a very poor method. When the dealer...
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    Condition Based Service

    Our new Canadian 2015 i3 REx just got its first oil/filter change after 5 months when CBS notice in dash said service was needed. 5,221 km on REx and 7,400 km on battery. Systems check found defective 12 volt battery which was replaced. Owners manual also called for inspection at 3 months. This...
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    i3 REx oil

    BMW Long-life rating LL-01Approved Synthetic Oils for the US Market Castrol Syntec European Formula SAE 0W-30Mobil 1 SAE 0W-40Pennzoil Platinum European Formula Ultra SAE 5W-30 Valvoline SynPower SAE 5W-30 Use only oils with an API rating of SM or higher. Dealer gave me a bottle of their...
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    ChargeNow not working in USA

    We live in Canada. When we got our i3 a couple of months ago the dealer gave us two new ChargeNow cards to replace our ChargePoint cards. We have tried to use them many times during three trips to the USA without success. According to the technical support people at ChargeNow the cards are...
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