BMW i3 Glow Plugs Replacement Parts

No – the BMW i3 is a purely electric vehicle (BEV) with no internal combustion engine of any kind, so it has never been fitted with glow plugs at any point in its production run from 2013 onwards. Glow plugs are a diesel-engine component used to pre-heat the combustion chamber, and because the i3 has no diesel engine, no cylinders, and no combustion process, the part simply does not exist on this model. If you've been quoted for glow plugs against an i3 registration, it's worth double-checking the vehicle details, as the quote may have been generated against the wrong car.

No – glow plugs are exclusively a diesel component, and the i3 Range Extender (Rex) unit is a small two-cylinder petrol engine, not a diesel. Petrol engines use spark plugs rather than glow plugs, so if your Rex engine needs attention in that area, it's spark plugs you should be searching for instead. A breaker dismantling an i3 Rex could supply the correct spark plugs if needed.

No part of that swap would apply – the i3 has no diesel engine in any variant, so there is no application for glow plugs from any other BMW model. If you're looking for electrical or drivetrain components for the i3, those are the areas where cross-model compatibility questions are relevant. It's possible there has been some confusion with another vehicle on your fleet or household, so it's worth confirming the registration before searching further.

If your i3 is fully electric (the standard BEV version built from 2013 onwards), there are no combustion-related service parts at all – you may be thinking of a high-voltage battery component, a charging system part, or a general electrical item. If you own the i3 Rex range-extender variant, the equivalent ignition component for its petrol engine is a spark plug, not a glow plug. Describing your actual symptom or fault to a breaker who specialises in i3 dismantling will get you to the right part far more quickly.