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The charge part door in my 2017 i3 stopped opening reliably recently. The door would sometimes pop open weakly and sometimes not open at all. I took the car into the dealership today and they diagnosed it as a failed actuator. They replaced it for free under warranty and the door is popping...

I took my 2017 i3 into the dealership for its last free REx oil change a couple months ago and my local BMW dealership, which seems to know the i3 pretty well, strongly suggested that I get an alignment once per year. Based on what I've read here, it sounds like they were being honest with me...

I've just gotten one of those USB car chargers that displays the input voltage that it's getting from the car's 12V power outlet. I'm going to try to use this to monitor the voltage of my 12V battery over time and try to predict when the 12V is starting to fail so that I can replace it...

Edit: Someone on the i3 Facebook group asked me to hold the tires for them until they can pick them up, so they are spoken for. Original message: I recently sold the 20" sport rims that my i3 came with, but the buyer, understandably, didn't want to pay to ship my used tires across the country...

Hi, all. I was adjusting the tilt of my steering wheel in my 2017 today and noticed (for the first time, oddly enough) that the wheel telescopes in and out. So, I tried adjusting it a bit to see what position I liked. After a few gentle pulls and pushes, and some additional tilt adjustments...

The rims are sold. I still have three 20" summer tires for sale. I have a set of OEM 20" wheels for sale which are, as far as I can tell, undamaged and look almost like new. They came with the 2017 i3 I purchased a couple months ago. (I replaced them with 19" Rial wheels so I could have...

In the i3 manual, BMW makes the curious statement that they "recommend" using 91 octane gas, but the "minimum" octane rating is actually 89. What does that even mean? No one sells 91 octane gas where I live. There's 87 Regular, 89 Plus, and 93 Super. I don't use the REx very much, so the...

I recently purchased a 2017 REx that came with the 20" wheels. I'm aware that there simply are no multi-season tires available for the 20" rims, so I'm stuck with summer tires. I live in Austin, which never gets more than a dusting of snow (and completely shuts down until that melts) but it...