[i5Driver]

After 2 months of usage, my i5 tripped my home BMW 22kw/h charger (while charging at 11KW/h).

The same also happens when I tried it on another charger.
Anyway my home charger works perfectly with my iX3.

So it is a i5 issue.

I limited the charger to output only 4.1 KW/h ... no joy.
Limited the current setting to 6A ... no joy.
I tried charging it with a single phase supply worked OK (at around 2KW/h).


BMW service said there was a software upgrade needed for the CCU ... but also no joy.

Has anyone faced a similar problem?

[SkykingUSA]

Have you tried limiting the power setting in the car instead of on the charger?

[i5Driver]

Yes, I have tried 6A, 16A and 32A, the results is always the same

[Cécile]

What do you mean by 'tripped'? Was the BMW charger 'tripped' or the home fuse box?
Means 'tripped' that a fuse was tripped or that the RCD (Residual-current device) tripped.

The later has nothing to do with the amout of power/current drawn. Which seems to correlate with your experiments...

[Rtwrx4711]

i5 M60 here with 5,000 miles. 2 days ago my car got completely bricked from one moment to the other. Drove it to the office and I when I wanted to leave 4 hours later, it didn’t move. Wasn’t even possible to put it in neutral. BMW verdict: Damaged CCU. Let’s see how long it takes them to fix this.