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      09-26-2020, 01:21 PM   #23
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Anyone in the UK had this issue? I have a 2015 with 17k miles but is out of warranty.
In fact, anyone in Europe had this issue? 2017 with 12k miles for me and no issue as yet !
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      09-27-2020, 11:01 AM   #24
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Nope, mine is fine as well, don't know anyone with an issue, didn't hear anything from the other i8 club members.
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      09-27-2020, 03:35 PM   #25
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Nope, mine is fine as well, don't know anyone with an issue, didn't hear anything from the other i8 club members.
Thanks Leto. Please include Model year/Mileage, driving habits and location. It will be a great information/ data for statistical significance. Any issues with crack windshields with other I8 club members in your region ?

Thank you all in adavance.

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      09-28-2020, 01:26 AM   #26
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Thanks Leto. Please include Model year/Mileage, driving habits and location. It will be a great information/ data for statistical significance. Any issues with crack windshields with other I8 club members in your region ?

Thank you all in adavance.
2019 Roadster, 10tkm, daily driver, typically around 80km / day twice a week. Germany, on road driving. Haven't heard about a cracked windscreen either, but the exchange within the club is typically not about issues, guess for most an issue means BMW gets the car for fixing and they move on with their lives

But honestly, I think this is a wild goose chase. Always the same people post their issue, mix in a little unrelated, damage induced problems from others and create a click bait title.

Suggest to relax and enjoy the car.

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      09-28-2020, 03:13 PM   #27
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I don’t think it’s click bait and I’m sure it’s a issue with a few, just no biggy.

Sure there are only 20K i8s sold around the world but there are currently 165000 i3’s sold with, as I understand it, the same components.

The i3 is generally a load cheaper than the i8, so we would be hearing about a lot of written off, uneconomic to repair, and thus well publicised i3 AC problems from their angry owners - if it was a common problem.

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      09-28-2020, 09:25 PM   #28
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2019 Roadster, 10tkm, daily driver, typically around 80km / day twice a week. Germany, on road driving. Haven't heard about a cracked windscreen either, but the exchange within the club is typically not about issues, guess for most an issue means BMW gets the car for fixing and they move on with their lives

But honestly, I think this is a wild goose chase. Always the same people post their issue, mix in a little unrelated, damage induced problems from others and create a click bait title.

Suggest to relax and enjoy the car.

Oh i will for sure Leto.

I hope members on this forum will share information from other I8 forums/ social media in regards to this subject AND unsolved crack windshield mystery.
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      09-29-2020, 06:48 PM   #29
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I have a 2019 i8 Roadster with 10,000 miles, and a fair amount of those miles are with the AC on.
No issues so far, except for a Turbo Charging Cord recall that has been a year waiting for BMW to send. The charging cord that I received with the car has been working fine.

Unrelated question: What does the "LCI" designation refer to?
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      09-29-2020, 10:49 PM   #30
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I have a 2019 i8 Roadster with 10,000 miles, and a fair amount of those miles are with the AC on.
No issues so far, except for a Turbo Charging Cord recall that has been a year waiting for BMW to send. The charging cord that I received with the car has been working fine.

Unrelated question: What does the "LCI" designation refer to?
The BMW designation LCI stands for Life Cycle Impulse. It is a term developed by BMW that represents the mid-cycle updates it gives certain models.
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      10-02-2020, 10:46 PM   #31
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I am not sure on how many I8 owners has seen or checked out this forum, so far there are only less than handful that had reported/ written or known of anyone who experienced this issue along with this crack windshield mystery.

"Relax and enjoy the car"
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      10-30-2020, 10:06 AM   #32
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Early i3 models seem to have this occasionally. Looking at realoem, they've had about 10 AC compressor revisions on the i3 at this point. I haven't seen any 2016 or later i3s have the issues.

Are the i8s you're seeing with this issue early cars, or spread across all years?
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      10-23-2021, 03:18 PM   #33
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Had this on my 2014 as well. Luckily had a warranty but otherwise it’s a very expensive repair.
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      10-24-2021, 01:27 AM   #34
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Im at 42k miles on my 2016 i8, no issues here. maybe this is for 2015-2014 cars?
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      11-17-2021, 05:27 PM   #35
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My 2016 threw a code and compressor was replaced, fortunately one month before CPO warranty ended.
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      03-23-2024, 04:13 AM   #36
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Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but i have this issue (I think).
My AC is making a whirring and whooshing noise as shown in my Youtube video (may need headphones to hear better).
I am hoping it just needs a re-gas.
I dont have any codes or lights on the dash.
Not sure if the AC is blowing cold as the ambient temp here is only 12 deg.

https://youtube.com/shorts/6HscR32Bk...LYG6AXJl6_pnCo
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      03-25-2024, 04:56 PM   #37
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A possible solution for this issue.

I may have an answer for this, which could put your minds at ease a little.
I explained this on my thread, but will post here too, and in the hope that Pat will put an update on his video as a lot of people are going off his video as being gospel, even though it didn't even happen to Pat himself.

I bought my i8 3x weeks ago and it is a 2014 model with 24,000 miles on the clock.
A few days ago i had the dreaded fast ticking noise (sounds like a tyre inflator you plug in the cigarette lighter) from under the bonnet/hood, and hit Google and Youtube which lead me to Pat and this very forum. Here is a video that i took so you can hear what mine was like.
https://youtube.com/shorts/nU3YzbOCc...rbumDm773EtAmT

Naturally, looking at Pats video, i had thoughts of my car being off the road for some time and also costing a fortune to fix (for the garage i bought it from of course).
Everywhere i looked, internet, social media, Youtube etc, all said the same thing...

'Your AC is broken and needs changing. Stop the car immediately or you could cause lots of damage costing MANY thousands of pounds'

I bet many people who said this had watched Pats video or heard of people who ha watched it.

I spoke with the garage i got it from, who were quite happy to fix it no matter what, but wanted me to take it to get re-gassed first to rule that out.
I took my car to a specialists about 17 miles away and let the guy listen to it, and he immediately said that it was low on AC gas/fluid. He said the ticking noise is a solonoid opening and closing due to the lack of pressure.

The i8 should have 630 grams of AC gas/liquid inside of the system, with a certain amount of oil.
Of course if this level drops then so does the oil, which can cause issues.
The machine they use takes out the gas from my system, which it measures, then it cleans the pipes/system out of condensation and refills it with the correct amount of gas/oil.
The machine took only 70 grams from mine, instead of the 630 that should be in there, so was 560 grams short.

Now a possible reason for this, is either its totally normal (if it has not been re-gassed for some time), or it has a leak, which i may not find out for a several months.

He recommends that cars are re-gassed every 2 years, to make sure the oil is in top condition and the gas quantity is where it should be. Also to run your Aircon at all times.

I drove home (plus an extra 30 miles) using, a mixture of electric only, comfort and sport and the noise had completely gone and it also appeared to run better too (but probably a placebo effect).

I wonder how many people this has happened to, who have watched Pats video and unnecessarily spent a few thousand replacing the AC due to being scared about a complete failure when all it needed was a re-gas.

Now dont get me wrong, i am not blaming Pat as he is the guru of all that is the i8 and love his videos and without question will believe what he says (which could actually be the problem), but on this occasion he may have got it wrong by listening to other peoples experiences and reporting them like its gospel.
Also, the ticking/tapping is obviously not supposed to happen, so leave it long enough without checking and you may cause lots of irreparable damage which could amount to thousands as the oil in the AC system is obviously low too.

I just hope that this helps someone.

On the same note, people reporting that its the 2014/15 cars that are prone to this could simply be due to them being older and if gone unchecked the aircon could quite simply be less in the system and the oil degraded due purely to age.

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      03-26-2024, 08:33 AM   #38
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Does BMW have a service interval to check AC/Battery cooling system fluid levels?
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