The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a recall on 2019 BMW i3, i3 with a range extender and i8 models owing to worries that a defective high-voltage control module could cause the car to lose energy.
The recall, originally presented by BMW back in August, concerns cars constructed between December 2018 and the end of March 2019. Specifically, it concerns something called the Electric Motor Electronics (EME) module and a flaw that could lead to enhanced resistance within the module. This would cause the module to shut off high voltage energy to the drive system, leading to a loss of propulsion.
The excellent news is that the flaw only impacts the high-voltage system and all 12-volt energy devices in the vehicle should stay fully functional; these include the power steering system and the power brake booster.
BMW is busy cooking up a fix for the problem, which is probable to be as easy as removing the ancient EME module and replacing it with a fresh one. This recall, like all recalls, will be made free of charge to the proprietor.
Notices for owners of impacted cars should begin hitting mailboxes around October 7.
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