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    Adaptive Cruise Control not working in cold weather

    Lidar sensors are not expensive, it's always baffled me why they are missing. Garmin sells them on their website for $130, so OEM cost would be about 30% of that... or less. https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/557294
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    Converting BMW 2002 to electric using i3 parts

    Did any more ever happen with this project?
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    DIY HV Battery upgrade

    While in most consumer-scale applications, this may be viable, but EV-scale BMS could very well have original capacity stored in memory... even if for no other reason than to set a hard limit on charging capacity... over-charging cells this size results in very bad events...
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    Air conditioning failed

    Any updates? All this is new to me... and making me glad I got my 2015 BEV Tera as CPO, and was able to get them to swing an additional year... so I'm covered for 6 years unlimited miles. Was this AC issue just on the early ones... has is been found in the 2015 models? Metal contamination...
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    NON OEM wheels & tires (wider)

    Oh dang... stop it!! I've been dreaming about making an i3 BEV AWD... now you just told me something that's very dangerous for me to know!... that there may be a complete FWD i3-based drive system available in the near future... as soon as they start selling, and people start wrecking them...
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    The pains of finding wiper blades for the i3.

    Well, my new wiper blades are good! It's odd that the Bosch package calls them 700mm & 530mm, but the actual rubber insert was indeed a full 750mm (29.5"). Maybe Bosch decided their original "Aerotwin A 103 S" wasn't what was needed, and just lengthened the drivers' side blade without...
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    The pains of finding wiper blades for the i3.

    Regarding the windshield rain sensor... it's optical, based on the IR light reflective properties of the windshield - which change when water is on the exterior surface of the glass. Just got a wrong set of wiper blades for my Tera World with the Technology Package... they shipped the Bosch...
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    Defect USB

    I had the same issue, same bad fuse #66 as others mentioned. I sometimes leave the cigar/cigarette lighter out of the 12v socket, because I sometimes use it for my Garmin. However, I also keep some keys in the center console... and I'm guessing one of my keys got "plugged in" to the 12v outlet...
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    Battery swap

    Yes... old thread, but a more realistic question would (now) be if the 33.2 kWh battery from a salvage 2017 would retrofit into an earlier model... or heck... even the latest 42.2 kWh from the 2019 model. I just got a job at a distance that my 2015 BEV will only get me there or back, but not...
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    steering Wheel became Hard to turn

    While my i3 is still in the possession of its current owner (I haven't bought mine yet) I have a suggestion.... You all seem in agreement that it is resolved by turning the car OFF, then back ON... how about NOT doing this, and heading over to a BMW dealership while it's still doing it... and...
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