2014 BMW i8 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2014 BMW i8 covers a two-door coupe in Base trim with a powertrain unlike anything else in the catalog: a 1.5L inline-three plug-in hybrid, turbocharged, double overhead cam, on gasoline. Service on a car built this way runs on two tracks at once — the combustion engine with its clearances, timing and charge-air hardware, and the hybrid high-voltage system, which sets the order in which the rest of the work has to be approached. The manual gives procedures for both.

Engines covered

• 1.5L inline-three plug-in hybrid — DOHC, turbocharged, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 2-door coupe

Trims covered

• Base

Known issues on the 2014 i8. One recall is on the federal record for this year. A bolt securing the ground cable between the fuel tank and the chassis may have been welded poorly during manufacture, and a weld that gives way can open a path for fuel to leak, which becomes a fire risk if it meets an ignition source. A single owner complaint has been recorded, on the suspension. Fuel storage and tank service, grounding and bonding points, and the suspension specifications and torque values for this coupe are covered in the manual.