Search results

Mine is the same month, took delivery late December. My car is back and I still love it! I live in an urban area where there are plenty of dealers to tow to. I'm keeping the puppy, but not past the warrantee. I'm also not going to hack the firmware.

Last update: Went to the dealer today. New batteries, fuses, and EME are installed. Probably pick up the car tomorrow. It's been 3 weeks. No info available to me, the tech, or the dealer as what the rev. Level of the replacement EME is, so no knowledge as to if its been iterated. Either the...

Update: All new parts are now at dealer. EME, motor, and all new batteries. Motor is being installed now and batteries on Wednesday. I'm going by Wednesday so I can watch the installation of the batteries. Won't be long now, getting tired of driving an X1! I just hope the EME and motor...

I wouldn't hold up Tesla as having done tires right. http://insideevs.com/examining-tesla-model-s-excessive-rear-tire-wear-via-thermal-camera-video/

Unlimited budget.....Post Ranch Inn. Get a tree house and make dinner reservations. If there, two nights watch the sunset and stay for dinner at Nepenthe. If not time or limited budget, just eat at Nepenthe.

I agree with your concern. I'm hoping that in the case of the EME, replacement parts are not stored locally because the design has been changed and tested, and fewer parts are initially available. Wishful thinking? I'm assuming that the design incorporates difficult analog power chips that do...

Batteries are in! EME ordered Friday, has to ship from Germany. Two days to two weeks, depending on customs.

We are now officially members of the mushroom society........feed 'em sh*t and keep 'em in the dark :D

Interesting, I went to read more about this topic after the last post and found that document about the i3 is not on the server. "The requested URL /bmw/I01/06_I01 High-voltage Components.pdf was not found on this server." Could it be that BMW is actually reading this forum?

Page 39 of this document: http://www.kneb.net/bmw/I01/06_I01%20High-voltage%20Components.pdf Explains that the parking lock module is controlled by the EME (Electric Machine Electronics). I'm pretty sure that if the EME has a catastrophic failure the parking module is SOL.

I'll ask the i3 tech working on my car, what can be done to access neutral when the EME and battery pack have failed.

Have you tried this with the EME disconnected? ;)

Didn't explicitly ask that question. I believe you need to have the car in the ready mode to engage neutral. I'm assuming when the EME is taken out of service, ready is NOT available and no amount of trickery will let you engage neutral. I'll let you know the next time it happens. :roll:

Already reported it.

Update: Went down to the dealer and spoke to the service tech. He showed me the mark from an arc on the cover of the EME. The arc came from the inside of the controller. They HAVE seen 4 others, some with a dime sized hole through the case. I don't know if BMW engineers know the root cause...

Look at the pictures carefully. They show no towing with the rear wheels in contact with the road. You CAN tow it with the rear wheels OFF the road. We did.

The i3 can be towed from the rear with the back wheels lifted off the ground. Also, Gojacks may be used to winch the car onto a flatbed.

Finally, thank you.

Not in the printed manual in the glove box. I understand that it may be in the APP, but when you're directing rush hour traffic around your car for 1.5 hours, the only readily available document was the manual in the glovebox. Also, as soon as I read that with certain electronic defects...

When I read your post I got pissed. I'm a big boy and don't appreciate condescending comments on forums.