BMW has recalled greater than 14,000 electrical autos attributable to a software program difficulty that might result in lack of energy and pose the chance of an accident.

The corporate is recalling sure iX SUV fashions and i4 and i7 sedans manufactured between October 14, 2021 and October 28, 2022.

Based on BMW, the high-voltage battery digital management unit is the topic of the software program difficulty.

Particularly, an occasional misdiagnosis might happen within the battery administration electronics, inflicting the digital management unit to reset.

House owners of those automobiles can proceed to make use of them whereas they anticipate a software program replace to repair the issue.

As a consequence of the potential for battery hearth, the producer needed to recall a “restricted quantity” of 2022 i4 sedans and iX SUVs final 12 months.

Based on the US Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA), the chance of fireplace has elevated attributable to a brief circuit in a high-voltage battery.BMW introduced the recall after receiving details about a “non-US area occasion involving the 2022 BMW i4 eDrive40”.

BMW is not the one automaker to recall its EVs, with some fashions of Tesla automobiles having tail gentle malfunctions brought on by a software program bug final 12 months, the accordion went to the corporate

Ford Motor additionally recalled almost 49,000 Mustang Mach-E electrical crossovers in June final 12 months attributable to considerations about battery security and instructed sellers to quickly halt gross sales of the much-loved electrical automobile.