BMW i3 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 320214 · NHTSA communication 10148222 · issued Aug 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Power-assisted Steering Intermittently Not Available at Engine Start-up. An EPS warning lamp may light up intermittently in the instrument cluster at Drive Readiness. At the same time, the power-assisted steering is unavailable. After switching the ignition off and on again, the steering is available again. No fault codes are stored in the fault code memory of the electric power steering (EPS-I1). Electric Power Steering (EPS).
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.