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Zwerius

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Does anyone know where I can find the BMW i battery certificate.
I know it's included in the package when you buy the car, but that's a little like "you can read the contract after signing it".
It must be available somewhere right?

Buy the way I took a test drive in the Rex version last week, and to express my feelings in short: "Wow".
This really is a new era in car design and driving...
Could I hear the Rex? Yes a little, but only at very low speeds. A little faster and tires or wind noise was more.
To me the sound was no problem whatsoever.
 
I want to learn the exact answer of Zwerius' question.
There is sth written in the List of our particular BEV's specifications which denotes " 7AQ __ Battery Certificate ".

In the very first months of our ownership I did ask to my Sales Advisor about this issue; he had said that "We are still waiting for the certificate that BMW AG had promised to provide in a timely manner. I will / hope bla. bla." :ugeek:

I really wonder if anyone could succeed to receive such a certificate which covers the BMW's commitment regarding battery capacity at the end of 8th year of individual ownership will not be under 70% of day ZERO. In other words, the range will not detoriate more than 30% of its initial range; otherwise, BMW pledges to substitute a number of broken cells in order to provide at least 70% of aforementioned range accordingly.

Fully 6 months had been passed so far from our first day of purchase but could not hear / see any substantial / convincing maneuver about 7AQ.
:cool: :x
 
Does this certificate constitute an actual battery warranty or is it some other document? If it is the actual warranty, the fact that none of us have one is quite interesting. Would this mean that any battery warranty information we have is actually just advertising and subject to change? I confess that I have not actually read my warranty in its entirety...... :roll:
 
After 6 months I still didn't have the certificate SA7AQ.
Since I bought it (it was mentioned in the quotation and specified in the bill), i threatened BMW, to sue them since they didnt supply what I had paid for.
Two weeks after that I received the document.
 
WoodlandHills said:
Does this certificate constitute an actual battery warranty or is it some other document? If it is the actual warranty, the fact that none of us have one is quite interesting. Would this mean that any battery warranty information we have is actually just advertising and subject to change? I confess that I have not actually read my warranty in its entirety...... :roll:

Sorry, I have to disagree; it's not particularly interesting. The legally-binding USA warranty in the owner's kit, which I have read, doesn't mention an additional certificate. Most likely the previous posters, who both indicate European locations, refer to a paper we don't get or need. There's no conspiracy. It's just a reflection of the fact that warranty terms, conditions, and documentation vary depending on the selling jurisdiction.
 
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