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BMW i3 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin B660918 · NHTSA communication 10138407 · issued Apr 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

CHECK CONTROL STATES REMOTE KEY IS MISSING WHEN THE KEY IS LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE: Only affects vehicles that have been programmed with ISTA 4.10.1x and I-level 18-03-511 or 18-03-576

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.