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2014 BMW i3 Rex power train problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2014 BMW i3 Rex50% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Power Train complaints
50%
share of all complaints
10,417 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The car, while driving on a 2 lane road, ceased it operation announcing it had drive train failure. Luckily I was slowing for a light, as the steering and brakes also became unresponsive. The car could be manually turned off (the remaining functions and power off). It then could be turned back on…

    filed Apr 3, 2019

  • This car is extremely dangerous. 'the eme malfunction happened the first day that I drove the car after purchasing. Not long after I started driving in the morning the computer said that the rex wasn't working. About 40 minutes later on my trip, the computer said that the car was performing…

    filed Feb 25, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.