BMW i3 2014–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B612116 · NHTSA communication 10146596 · issued Mar 1, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2017
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
?SERVICE ACTION: PROGRAMMING CONTROL UNITS (RANGE) What's New: The Procedure has been updated with additional step: writing new adaptation value This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B61 21 16 dated September 2016. . The actual range can be inaccurate in relation to the state of charge of the high-voltage battery. Affects certain VINs (not all) produced between July 31, 2013 and July 18, 2016. Please check the key reader or the Warranty Vehicle Inquiry screen in DCSnet. The range calculation incorporated in the SME software.
Vehicles covered
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.