2014 BMW I3 Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“While driving the vehicle suddenly jerked and lost all power while in motion on a city street. I can't imagine what would have happened if I was on the freeway with traffic. The message on the screen in my car stated drivetrain malfunction stop and turn off engine do not continue to drive call roadside assistance.”

“When the vehicle enters a 'fault' mode, such as drive motor malfunction, the cars discontinues power to the drive motor, allows the vehicle to roll to a stop, then electronically puts the transmission in park. As long as the fault code exists the vehicle cannot be pushed or towed out of harms way. I was about to turn on to a very busy 3-lane [no shoulder] highway when it shut down. Not even the police could assist me in pushing it out of the intersection. …”

“In several occasion, a drive train malfunction while I was driving in the city. A drive train malfunction lights up and car stops and will not shift into gear again. I turned off the car for a minute then on again, the light disappeared. This happened twice. The third time I started up my car and the light appeared again and this time the light remained and the car is immobilized. It is very odd that a drive train is malfunctioned after only 39,000 miles. I have learned that most of the drive train on the I3 are often malfunction and is expensive to repair. …”

“I believe this is a safety issue and can happen at any time without warning to me or other owners of similar vehicles putting my safety and other's safety at great risk. On may 20, 2020, I was stopped on a red light at neckel rd to cross highway 86 in imperial ca. When it turned green, I released the break pedal and normally accelerated. Suddenly my vehicle stopped in the middle of highway 86 and put itself in the park position showing drive train fault alarm. It stopped in the middle of the car's traffic and I was not able to shift it to neutral position to move it out of the way. …”

“Charged my car overnight in my climate controlled garage and went out the next morning to run errands. Turned it on, put it in drive, heard a pop or clunk from the rear and then got a drive train not available - do not move vehicle error. Couldn't even put the car in neutral for towing - Bmw roadside had to send a tow truck with skates to prop up the back end and push it out of my garage. It's been at the dealer almost 2 weeks now - the local mechanics have had calls with Bmw back in germany and they can't seem to figure out what the problem is.”