BMW i8 — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 1,174 evidence records for the BMW i8 (2014–2020), drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 26 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Electrical system10 (38.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2014–2019.
  • Engine6 (23.1%)
  • Air bags (restraint system)2 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2017.
  • Seat belts2 (7.7%)
  • Stability & traction control2 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2015.
  • Suspension2 (7.7%)

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (20 records, model years 2014–2020) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and tires & wheels.
  • Manufacturer communications (1,117 records, model years 2014–2020) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 2014 219 records for 2014
  2. 2015 219 records for 2015
  3. 2016 203 records for 2016
  4. 2017 157 records for 2017
  5. 2019 92 records for 2019
  6. 2020 19 records for 2020

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 12
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 1,117
  • Investigations NHTSA 13
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 12
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 20

Explore the underlying evidence records

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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