2016 BMW I3 Range Extender

The vehicle is listed with a salvage certificate and a “REAR END” primary-damage classification. Stage 1 reports that the visible extensive rear damage supports the stated “REAR END” code. The salvage certificate status itself cannot be confirmed from exterior photographs. The rear of the 2016 BMW i3 has severe collision damage. The rear liftgate glass is missing, with jagged remnants around the window perimeter. The rear liftgate panel and associated central exterior sections are also absent, leaving the cargo opening exposed. The rear bumper cover is extensively broken and deformed, with large missing sections and internal areas visible. Plastic trim and body-edge components on both sides of the hatch opening are broken or missing, leaving jagged exposed edges. The VIN decode identifies this vehicle as a Germany-built 2016 BMW i3 hatchback, Range Extender trim. The supplied factory data lists electric power with a secondary gasoline fuel system, a 0.6-liter two-cylinder engine, and 170 horsepower. The vehicle’s safety equipment data includes front, side, curtain, and knee airbags, as well as driver and front-passenger belt pretensioners. Two NHTSA recalls are listed for this model and year. Recall 17V720000 concerns frontal air-bag control-unit software and the potential for increased neck injury risk for certain unbelted small-adult drivers in a frontal crash. Recall 17V088000 applies to i3 Range Extender vehicles and concerns possible fuel-vent-line chafing, which could result in a fuel-vapor leak and increase fire risk. The available information does not confirm whether either recall remedy has been completed. Because the rear cargo area is exposed and the damage is extensive, a complete physical inspection is required before purchase, including the rear structure, liftgate mounting areas, wiring, lighting, restraint systems, high-voltage components, and Range Extender fuel system.Diverse surface repairs alone may not address possible concealed collision-related damage.