2014 BMW I3 Range Extender

The 2014 BMW i3 is listed with a salvage certificate indicating more than 75% damage, with “FRONT END” recorded as the primary damage. These are auction classifications and are not independently established by the available findings. Stage 1’s photo review states that the photos do not support either claim: the vehicle appears largely intact externally, with no visible major front-end collision damage. The documented visible damage is limited to minor exterior items. The body-colored access door is missing from the front-side exterior access-port housing, leaving the rectangular housing and circular cap exposed. A second body-colored access door is missing from the left rear-quarter exterior access-port housing. The front bumper cover has multiple narrow dark vertical scuffs and one horizontal discolored mark. No other damage findings were provided. According to the VIN decode, this is a BMW i3 Range Extender wagon manufactured by BMW AG in Leipzig, Germany. It is identified as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with electric primary fuel and gasoline secondary fuel, a 0.6-liter two-cylinder engine, and an output of 170 hp. The VIN is WBY1Z4C51EVX62917. NHTSA records list four recalls applicable to the 2014 BMW i3 or relevant i3 Range Extender vehicles: frontal air-bag control-unit software, a gasoline fuel-vent-line chafing issue on i3 REx models, a passenger frontal air-bag inflator issue, and a front passenger air-bag inflator assembly issue affecting certain vehicles manufactured on specific dates. The repair status for this individual vehicle was not provided, so completion should be verified with BMW or through an official VIN-based recall lookup before purchase.