17V720000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
During a frontal impact, unbelted, small adult, drivers could be at a higher risk of neck injury.
2015 BMW I3
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 63 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints63
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
17V088000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
A fuel vapor leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
15V628000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a vehicle crash, an air bag that does not deploy properly increases the risk of injury to the front seat passenger.
What owners report most
- 15STEERING
- 7AIR BAGS
- 7STRUCTURE:BODY
- 6VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 6ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 4POWER TRAIN
- 3ENGINE
- 2SEAT BELTS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 BMW I3s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.