2017 BMW i3 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2017 BMW i3 documents a four-door hatchback sold as Base and Range Extender, with a 0.6L naturally aspirated two-cylinder and a battery-electric drive both named on its engine listing. A car with two power sources is a car with two sets of safety rules, and the manual is written that way: high-voltage isolation and handling procedures for the electric side, conventional mechanical procedures and tightening specifications for the small engine and the chassis around it.

Engines covered

• 0.6L I2 battery electric — SOHC, naturally aspirated
• Battery-electric drive (EV)

Body styles covered

• 4-door hatchback

Trims covered

• Base
• Range Extender

Known issues on the 2017 i3. Three recalls are on the federal record for this model year. In one, an unbelted smaller adult driver is at raised risk of neck injury in a frontal crash. In another, the fuel tank vent line can rub through against the sleeve of the battery positive cable and release vapor. The third involves seat-mounted side air bags whose inflator initiators may fail to ignite, leaving the bag undeployed in a crash. Of the 51 complaints logged, 11 concern the steering, 10 the structure and six the electrical system. Diagnosis in each of those areas runs off the specifications and circuit diagrams given.