17V720000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
During a frontal impact, unbelted, small adult, drivers could be at a higher risk of neck injury.
2016 BMW I3
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 41 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints41
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0
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 2 of 2
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.
What owners report most
- 10STRUCTURE:BODY
- 8STEERING
- 5AIR BAGS
- 5ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 2ENGINE
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 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.