You Don't Need To Be A Hacker To Jailbreak Your BMW i3 - Here's How To Improve It On The Cheap!
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For those who think this car is a joke ,i recommend test driving one - it might surprise you.
It has surprised a lot of people who original thought it was a joke..
The REx can literally recharge the battery as you drive, not just hold the charge as long as you drive moderately. Unlocking TJA to drive at freeway speeds will give the car self driving, lane keep assisting.
36hp range extender had me doubtful at first. HOWEVER...
Analogy time:
Consider the gas engine is acting as a small river continually filling a hydroelectric reservoir (aka battery).
The powerplant (electric motor) at the dam can provide PLENTY of power (170hp + instant torque) unless you mash the accelerator 100% of your driving time (nobody does, not even F1 or WRC drivers).
@@mamadouaziza2536 This is not true. Once coded, the range extender can be turned on with a battery level between 6 and 75% . At that point it will maintain the level at whatever it was set. Start at 60% and the REx will keep the car at 60%. If you climb a long hill or go 75+ mph for a long time and get to say 55%, the REx will recharge the battery back to 60% but not higher.
Also, the lane keeping will only work at 25mph and below. It's meant for traffic jams. I have one and really like it, but coding is not magic.
@@TexMex421
You can code TJA to work at freeway speeds, I have done it and so has Kyle from Out Of Spec Motoring/Reviews.
@@TexMex421
You just said everything I wrote except for TJA... Yes, TJA is original for low speed self driving in traffic (stop and go), however, it can be coded to higher MPH..
I coded my new i3s not a REX to how I wanted it...., turned on rear daytime running lights, door mirrors now fold/unfold when locking/unlocking, driving mode as I left it and not returning back to comfort, changed the annoying bongs to the Rolls Royce chimes. Plus many more cool things.
How did you find the Rolls royce chime?
@@oui.monsieur in the bimmercode app seat belts I think. Just go down the list in each section you can have.. The i logo or M sport or Christmas logo or Rolls Royce, they then display on the idive on start up. The Silver Lady comes up on my screen now.
@@garrycroft4215 your right actually I had forgotten about that. I'm having issues with the gas tank I unlocked it with the app but I can only put 2 gallons of fuel not 2.2 gallons it has capacity for.
That is awesome! Our I3 has a pretty annoying feature where if you even move your butt cheek out of the driver's seat the entire car shuts off! Very inconvenient when you're trying to lean out of the vehicle and get stuff from a drive-thru
Do you think it would be possible to disable that feature with coding?
@@takingflight7656 I’ve not heard of that before but you can turn off seatbelt warnings etc. so I’m sure that it’s possible. One other thing I turned on tyre temperatures now displayed with the pressures.
IMO, the range extender approach is the smartest, more flexibility, less cost, less weight than having enough batteries to fulfil all your needs. Wish more affordable cars used such a system.
I agree and they drive like a proper EV....Great
ALRIGHT TOMMY ... Coding your BMW i3 is worth every penny. Your gonna love having the access to turning on the Range Extender. Couple of the other coding setups I did was "folding the mirrors" when you lock the car and leaving the the "Back tail lights On" all the time so people will notice the i3 since it's so dang quite when your driving around. We love your videos you guys make, so informative and fun to watch - keep up the great work !!
Glad you were able to code the car to European specs, instead of California specs. Makes the car much more useful and a cross country drive a bit less annoying.
Its not a CA spec, its a North American spec.
@@PhreshPharaoh36 yes, I agree. Because California has the lion share of the North American market for EVs, any rules and regulations it imposes on products sold there will rule how the whole market is treated.
After spending 400 plus in gas a week and researching many affordable EVs I got one last month and I love this bmw i3 Rex . I’m 480 6 foot 3 and it has SO MUCH ROOM and fast as HELL!
I bought the same Gate piece and got a Jeep app & a 19.00 per vin license, and adjusted the speedometer and TPMS after upgrading tires and regearing. The shop wanted 150.00 to reprogram, and I still can alter other parameters without additional cost. Well worth the cost.
Post a follow up video once you have put some miles on the i3 with the jailbreak.
Great video Tommy, I’m excited to see the results 👍👍👍
Coding the tank bumps you from 1.9 to 2.2 Gallons, not the whole 2.5. 2.2 is the European spec. The increase is worth it, but not dramatic. Adds maybe 15-20 miles of range.
I jail broke my rex when she was brand new so I beat you to it🤣
@@raven4k998 Um? Ok.
Stupid keeping the battery at 75% and putting gas in hardly ever is better then constantly having to charge. U must not own one
@@jaqueztroy Who here is keeping the battery at 75%?
I think you have to fill the tank to know the new max mileage
I knew that you could do all this but didn't realize it was that easy. I'd like to see a full range review on it now that you've changed the settings. Also I hear the lane assist is pretty good if you unlock it. I wonder if anyone is modding this car with a 5 or 10 gallon tank? I know it uses a pressurized system so it might be very hard but some day I bet someone does it.
Pretty interesting to say the least. Y’all always find a way to improve performance of your vehicles! Great job!
I love the small look of panic on his face as the systems reboot, It is a bit nerve racking the first time. The real spooky one is making any changes to the climate control module cause it takes like 5 minutes before fully rebooting, a/c light blinking the whole time.
Also that bong.... If you ever have the drivetrain error come up.... Youll soon come to have a fear of that bong xD
My only concern would to brick the ECU. Scary stuff to play with it. Glad it worked.
Holding battery level is a good choice for long distances. Put the hold on a function key and select that when you go uphill or when you need to cover some distance to the next fast charger.
Expect around 250km/150mi with a good hold strategy. However, use fast chargers to fill up before you run out, the i3 is very frugal on electricity, but not so on gas.
I unlocked the options with my i3s rex94 so this is what i am enjoying with my bmw when I choose to use it
I pulled the trigger for a bmw i3 range extender... wish me luck!
I love it so far! ❤️❤️❤️
@@AlexSanchezOfficial just got a 2017 Rex 94ah all I hear are good things. Some bad but they aren’t deal breakers for what you get in the car.
You’ll love it!!!
Got a 2017 Rex about 2.5 yrs ago with only 17k miles. It's got over 86k now. Only had to change front brake pads & rotors & oil changes. Recently started making a loud motor noise when slowing down that got worse until drivetrain malfunction error. Took it to BMW & both of my motor mounts are broken. The tires wear out so fast too I wish they made a better tire. I still love it though!
@@slapskate how much was that repair on the motor mounts? and are they the new improved metal mounts ?
Old Euro-spec i3 Rex owners' trick: tie the "Hold State of Charge" toggle to one of the 8 function buttons. It transforms the experience. Long uphill coming up? Rex on. Downhill? Rex off and let the regen take care of it.
Why though? The REx does not add power. You can't climb the hill any faster. If you want to use the REx, use it, but you don't need it to climb hills. And regen works while the REx is working, no reason to turn it off on the downhill.
@@TexMex421 it prevents the battery from draining super quickly
@@patrickmartin3322 So would just turning the Rex on and leaving it. Toggling it on and off based on the grade of the hill with or without a function button doesn't change that. It will actually just turn itself on and off as it gets back to the level you set. It's automatic.
Great video as always Tommy!!🙂 When can we see 65' Ford truck next?? Tht truck's Awesome... wanna see that!!
Nifty little project video! 😀
Think the editing needs some work on this one guys😂
Your crazy, the editing was no worse than the camera work, sound, inaccurate information, or the fact that they "increased" the gas range from 70 to 67 miles...
I disagree. I think it was cool and helpful to see what it was like in real-time to set that up. Most videos are really clean and then when you run into trouble etc you are lost. But this video showed the REAL setup, not overly clean, just reality.
Hi! Thanks so much for sharing this video. We love our i3 but we live in the mountains when we would definitely love to beef it up on its electron capacity while we're climbing the hills...
I wanted to ask how you connected the iCar pro? Bluetooth?
Thank you, Tommy, thinking 650cc isn't that like the Japanese Kei cars/trucks/vans at 660cc. The manager had i3, could not go 60 miles round trip in Minneapolis winter, lights, heater, wipers, cold (10°F) and hour sitting in traffic.
Did you fix the gas cover issue along with replacing the charcoal canister? I have a 2017 and I don’t know if I should keep it after hearing how expensive repairs are for this car.
You guys moved near a airport, planes fly by. It's not a big deal, you guys can stop apologizing for the planes. Congrats on the million
The Cadillac ELR in the Chevy Volt back in 2014 gave the driver the ability to switch between the gas engine and the battery at anytime they wanted to.
Sweet now that video shows what I3 owners need!!!
I almost found myself wanting to test drive one but I keep chickening out because I’ve got the ioniq hybrid and it gets over 700 miles per tank driving out here in the springs.
Awesome, makes it a much more useful car.
Always nice to look how to enable features. Do more on other vehicles.
Don't think you can do that on other vehicles
It was 70 and then went down to 67 so you lost miles.😂
Hello, thanks for all the fantastic ideas for coding my i3. I recently purchased a 2018 i3 s. I tried to enable the AM radio, I love listening to talk radio, but it still does not show up on my screen. Is there anything else I need to code to get AM radio to play? My other option would be to play it on my phone and then bluetooth the radion over to the car. But I would really prefer to play it straight from the car. Hope you can help.
I just bought on. MMI carplay adds CarPlay and screen mirror to the big screen head unit and now this! Gangster. ROAD TRIP.
Love your video can you tell me the model Icar you purchased and do a detail Video
Like Andre said, for only about $60 total that's not bad. That's potentially a lot of improvement compared to stock, just on the gas range alone. Think of how many mods and how much money you'd have to sink into a regular car or EV to get a significant range boost.
Watch the video closely. He did not improve the gas range. It stayed the same and they had just assumed it had improved.
@@FabricioRodriguezM It was probably coded already before they did this. A better "test" would have been to run it out of fuel, and then fill the tank to see how much more went in.
Connecticut bmwi3 2017 coded feels like more natural gasoline ⛽ car now charging stations can catch up making stations thank you for review
3:30 your phone keeps switching cameras and it’s hurting my brain.
How do you order it on Amazon. Just got a 2016 base with range extender, ty..
Any plans on that follow up video or did I miss it somewhere?
Wow the camera was terrible in this video. Great video
Not only this, but also in some other videos Andre did. He definitely needs a better new camera.
“It doesn’t know what time it is”, sounds like something Don Rickles would say. Hopefully Tommy was able to give it a cookie to go away
Thanx you!
Any links for the OBD2 used in this video and also the app?
They are 3 different icar pro readers, which one do you recommend?
Was the petrol tank issue fixed under warranty??
It went UP from 70miles to 67miles.....but being able to start the rex is great, you can make sure you drive around town on battery only....
How much extra Rex range did you eventually get?
So, you found a performance upgrade for your Electric Smart 451, have you found one for the i3?
Tommy I have a question? I just coded my 2016 i3 for hold state of charge it engages fine but when I disengage I have to hit the button several times for it to go back to ev mode. Was wondering if yours was doing this.
It will sometimes keep the gas motor going for numerous reasons...cool down, attempting to catch up to hold state of charge, etc..but listen carefully once you shut off the range extender...you will hear it immediately wind down and lower the rpms...and you will notice you will start losing % even though it may still be running...but eventually (within 1-2 mins) it will shut off.
Is it possible to enable the sport Mode in a i3, so that becomes the perfomance from the 3S version? Thanks for any answers an nice regards!
yes it is possible.
Thank You a lot, man!
Andre, you might want to get your parkinson’s checked out! Sorry but you nearly sent me into an epileptic nightmare with this one! This video should have been great, I love this kind of vid!
Now install a 10 gallon fuel tank and it's a cross country 'EV'
What can the VGate iCar Pro do for a non-REx i3?
can i use this to get korean market features in a veloster?
To sorta simplify or understand this coding feature of this BMW & all models from the last 10 years or so., Its more or less an advanced settings options you are changing. You really aren't tuning or doing much besides turning features on/off & or adjusting levels that aren't "available" in the country you are in. It's far cheaper for a manufacture to integrate all options for global sales within the cars computers that can be edited to what county it is being sold in. This is a great tool to have if you have a BMW and there are a lot of really good programs, apps, or even usb sticks that can be shipped to you that enable/disable features such as this.
**Before anyone does it, understand that you are modifying the systems from factory and BMW can 100% tell, so warranty stuff may get tricky depending**
uff Motion Sickness!! staph!! lol
thanks
Obd2 carley I think does that also, can you verify?
Tommy how dare you ! Where’s the test ?? Come on Man... 😂
looking at getting the 2015 i3 Rex. 42k miles. i've seen hit or miss info on issues but i trust yall. overall, would you recommend this car or are there too many consistent issues with it tha tone should pass?
Do it!
Be sure to unplug your OBD reader before you drive the car after coding.
Wont hurt anything..I left mine plugged in twice and no issues.
@@johnnyzee383 I never said that it would “hurt” anything, I was simply proving a reminder.
Both useful comments
What was the little thing that you bought? I didn't see y'all use it at all? I just saw you guys use the app to jailbreak. What is the little thing that i need to buy?
I want to do the same to my BMW i3 2016 Range Extender. Can you tell me where I can get the unit?
This reminds me of action replay games for N64
Also in the usa you don’t have the self driving in trafic or i am wrong?
How did you plug it in and all
cool stuff.... It's always bothered me that in the US we are regulated out of many of the options that the same cars are sold with in Europe, especially engine choices... For years there have been super fuel efficient diesel and small displacement engines for passenger cars and light trucks that we can't even sniff. If it really is all about making wise choices for the environment, a diesel that gets 50+mpg or a 1.2 -1.4 L gas turbo that gets 40+ mpg why are we force-fed the 20-30 mpg engines and told to like it? Most obvious example..... The "new" ranger... 1 engine choice... really?!
Its because of California's emission laws and automakers will not sell to different types of cars of the same model, one in California and the other for the 49 other states..
It is my understanding and experience that you cannot change the available gas tank size on the 2014-2015 models. I tried by following your tutorial and as it is shown on your video, the range did not change. So, you guys were not looking at a calculation error, you did not change the gas tank size. Has any one found a work around? Maybe doing it in the expert mode?
You should get the traffic assist set car will drive its self in traffic
I'm getting one and I'm going to mod the heck out of the REX motor -- just for fun. LOL. Plan: software mod, electric motor/alternator/inverter/battery liquid cooling mod, K&N CAI, iridium spark plugs (?), either aluminum or kevlar/carbon fiber gas tank with a fire retardant layer, custom intake/exhaust manifold, cat mod(?), port and polish, micro supercharger/turbo charger depending how much room I have, ECU tune,
WHY????..lol
Coding anything wirelessly really puts me on the edge of my seat.. Especially from a phone!
Bimmercode is a long established app, no doubt with checksum verification or other means to confirm an accurate transfer, but a wired connection can be even more flaky if there is something loose!
Can anyone provide links to the items used for this?
I was wondering when you’d do this.
Is it possible to remove the 95MPH limiter on the i3?
That’s nice it does stink that you had to pay extra afterword
Yes, a car with its own 4g connection, a BT link to your phone and GPS expects you to set the time and date manually. Drives me crazy.
Missed it by 1 'G'. Early i3s, in the US at least, have 3G service.
You can use a select box for automatic time setting in my 2016 i3
Will this void a manufacturer warranty?
so what the heck was the amazon thingy for??
That’s cool 😎
so are you able to fill the tank to 2.4 gallons after this software update?
They always could physically fill the tank to 2.4 gallons and you have to fill it to the top because the computer would limit use to about the top 1.9 gallons. With the update, the computer will no longer limit the use to the top 1.9 gallons and will instead use the full/true gas tank capacity of 2.4 gallons (or very close to it).
FYI your T-shirts don't ship to Canada as it's considered International?! 🤪 Good video though.
Nice
Can you do this with the 2018 i3 ?
Yes
I e been wondering where this car went
cool
Does bimmer code no longer support v gate?
Would have been funnier if after you coded it, pretended that the car controlled itself
For 2014 i3 the channel needs to be called SlowLane
The i3 isn't a slow car by any means, its the perfect city car.
The i3 is BMW's quickest car from 0-30 mph!
Are you sure Michael J Fox wasn’t behind the camera on this video instead of Andre?
Wait... you’re telling me the land of V8s and straight pipes impose more motor vehicle restrictions than Europeans? 😭
Yes and no. The i3 has this fuel tank restriction to reduce it's gas range to less than it's electric range. That way California (40% of the US EV market) counts it as fully electric for tax purposes. So it would be legal with a 10-20 gallon tank, but the taxes would be higher.
Any benefits for non rex models?
It's lighter and get slightly better MPGe as a result. However, it does not make up for the range anxiety of not having the Rex as a backup..
Everything always gets more complicated, because, on thing always leads to another.
But how does this affect the warranty
2014 car, it has no warranty. And Bimmercode automatically creates backups so you can roll-back the code to original.
I'm not sure if I get it right. So you spent close to 100 usd to code the car to get 3 miles LESS on a same fuel and calling it a great hack ? What am I missing here ? I understand that your goal was to increase the mileage by allowing the gas tank to "see" the full 2.4Gallon versus 1.9 but that is still not explaining how you went from 70 to 67 miles range on a same fuel.
The half a gallon remains in a tank when it shows empty, right ? Well not sure I really need this code if the range will drop. I think it should be explained what and why did it change exactly that dropped the range on fuel.
Actually it’s 2.4 gallons but that’s with tapping gas pump and pulling out handle. Lol.
I like this. Can you hack heat from the engine?
This bmw looks handsome compared to the iX
Really? The iX has a similar look in my opinion.
It’s not pushing the car with the 34 horses it’s only charging the battery 🔋 please spread correct information and I road 65 up and down hills no issues over exaggerate something that’s not issues but doing this does make the car way more worth and everyowneer should do but if you don’t your cars Rex has plenty power uphill at 60 Alex on autos showed it!
Yes! and no. It's making electricity to trying and maintain the battery at the level it started. On my car that starts at 6%. if I was climbing a MOUNTAIN, or driving 80+ MPH, the battery would drop to 3% and lower at which point the car would kick in to a low power mode and slow down. Running the heater (especially if it's really cold outside) makes this happen sooner.
I bought a 2015 i3 (my third one), and when the dealership found it was coded, they said whatever remaining warranty on the battery was there is no longer. I asked for an explanation and they said that because someone added aftermarket software the warranty is null and void. When I tried to explain that there is no added software and that the only thing that was done was ENABLING some of the existing software, they said I was wrong. They then did an update on the software and now the battery KAPPA which previously said 16.2KW now reads 15.4KW. Its amazing how stupid people are even "professionals".
BMW has never and will never honor the warrantee on the battery anyway. They simply recondition the battery and charge you for brining it in.
@@aimlessdrive8723 Laws??,,what are you talking about lol.what does any "law" have to do with a warranty on a vehicle??..you are like the imbeciles at the dealer who think that by ENABLING options on the EXISTING software you are adding aftermarket software which is just an excuse to void the warranty. In other words I was not "messing" with the ECU , just enabling what the European versions already have.
The feature that I want, but dont have is "remote start " or precondition. My car from California never needed such a thing, but here in Canada its useful.
The dealership says it costs $400 to do that, (I need to chnage the region from US to Canada) and I'm not willing to pay that much
I think you need to pay BMW for upgrade to the app for that
... I mean upgrade the app