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BMW i3 2014–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin B660118 · NHTSA communication 10142942 · issued Jan 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014–2018
model years
25
vehicle entries

Official summary

REMOTE KEY WILL NOT OPEN OR START VEHICLE: Remote key battery in service significantly less (under a year) than expected two-year life-span.

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.