Worried about potential repair costs? An extended warranty can provide peace of mind.
Chart based on 11 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
2018 BMW i3 4dr Hatch
2600 mi
Creaking noise when turning steering wheel, known defect, dealer replaced parts per TSB
5100 mi
Loss of power steering, corrected by shut down and restart. Dealer unable to duplicate and found no codes
11000 mi
Intermittent loss of power steering caused by defective software, took BMW one year to develop new software after problem reported by many owners. Creaking noise from steering mechanism when temperature below freezing.
168-horsepower Electric + Gas 1-speed automatic RWD
38000 mi
US $810
Front strut boots had cracked. Preventive replacement. (Extended warranty listed struts, housings, cartridges as covered even though it also said suspension joint boots not covered. They agreed it was covered after calling them.)
4960 mi
Steering produced strange creaking noise when used in cold temps. The new version bushings were on back order from the November CEL visit. Also requested that vehicle software be updated to the latest Nov version that fixes some bugs.