Through November 2014, BMW has sold 397 i8 coupes here in the U.S. As of this week, more than half those owners will receive recall notices.
In a notification to NHTSA, BMW said that on 223 cars manufactured between May 16 and September 16 "a bolt used to attach and secure the vehicle's fuel tank to the vehicle chassis may not have properly welded during manufacturing. An inadequate weld of the bolt to the fuel tank could cause a fuel leak. In the presence of an ignition source, a fuel leak could cause a vehicle fire."
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Affected cars will be inspected, and any that show evidence of the problematic weld will receive new fuel tanks. None of this does anything to diminish our enthusiasm for Bimmer's breathtaking plug-in.
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This story originally appeared on roadandtrack.com via The New York Times, NHTSA.
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