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BMW i3 2014–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin B660815 · NHTSA communication 10147838 · issued Nov 1, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014–2016
model years
11
vehicle entries

Official summary

Comfort Access Does Not Function After Vehicle Enters Sleep Mode. Sporadically, when the vehicle has been locked and is in sleep mode, the vehicle will not waken when trying to unlock the vehicle with comfort access from any door. The vehicle can be unlocked from the remote. After waking, the comfort access function is restored. Software fault in the BDC.

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.