2024 BMW I4 — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

Crashed my car because brakes failed.

•August of 2023: BMW i4 leased from BMW of Gwinnet place. During the sales process, the customer was assured that BMW has many years of expertise in electric vehicles. Trade in vehicle valued for $11,000 as a downpayment. •July 25, 2025: Customer notified of a recall for BMW i4. During interactions with BMW of Gwinnet sales team, customer was assured that this is a “simple programming fix”. Vehicle dropped with service department on the following Monday for recall fix. •October 11, 2025: First Powertrain failure message received while operating the vehicle, vehicle delivered to service department the same day. BMW Gwinnett service team was prompt and accommodating with a loaner vehicle. oService technician notified customer that he depended on BMW Germany to troubleshoot and fix the car. oCar returned to customer on October 29. When asked if the electrical power cells were tested the answer from service technician was negative. •October 31, 2025: Second alert on i4 dashboard “Possible Drive Train”. Message disappeared on its own but certainly does not make customers feel safe driving the vehicle. oExchanged text messages with service technician on November 3. According to text, BMW Gwinnet service manager instructed customer to keep driving the car “to see if the warning light comes back on”. •November 17, 2025: Third message, stating “drive carefully, drive train fault”. Customer delivered vehicle to BMW Gwinnet service department for the third time in 4 months. Vehicle has been with the dealer ever since. Attempt to chance controlling unit did not work. BMW NA denied request for trade assistance, car is still at the dealership as of 12/17/25.

The contact owns a 2024 BMW i4 equipped with Pirelli Tires, Tire Line: P Zero XL, Tire Size: 255/40/19, DOT Number: (N/A). The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the passenger's side rear tire had a blowout. The contact was able to pull over to the side of the road, and the vehicle was towed to the residence of a friend. The following morning, the contact purchased another tire and replaced the tire. While the tire was being replaced, the contact inspected the tire and became aware that the tread on the inside of the tire was separating, which caused the failure. The contact researched and became aware that the failure was a common failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who confirmed that it was a common failure and that the failure occurred due to the angle of the design of the tire. The tire was replaced. The manufacturer was informed of the failure, and a complaint was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000.

I was parking my car and there was a car that was car parked beside the place I pulling into to. I had backed up and when took my foot off the brake the car took off and struck the corner of the parked car. It literally took off. I had zero control of the car and it didn’t brake until after I hit the car. Where I was parking was on an incline that was going up. It happened again when I was pulling into another parking spot. I was not close enough to the curb and that car felt the same way. It felt like it was just going to take off. I just put it in park at that point. When I restarted it was fine.

I was parking my car and there was a car that was car parked beside the place I pulling into to. I had backed up and when took my foot off the brake the car took off and struck the corner of the parked car. It literally took off. I had zero control of the car and it didn’t brake until after I hit the car. Where I was parking was on an incline that was going up. It happened again when I was pulling into another parking spot. I was not close enough to the curb and that car felt the same way. It felt like it was just going to take off. I just put it in park at that point. When I restarted it was fine.