The owner of the BMW i4 has been notified that the car cannot be upgraded when parked on a steep slope.

CTOnews.com February 4 news, BMW i4 owner Clare Eliza recently received a confusing notice: "the road is too steep to start the upgrade program. Please park the vehicle in a flat area and update it." In other words, the BMW i4 cannot perform updates when it is parked on a steep slope.

"the BMW i4 is equipped with a variety of sensors such as pitching, yaw, horizontal and longitudinal acceleration and deceleration, and the car can detect whether it is parked on a flat road," a BMW spokesman said. this is a safety precaution to prevent vehicles from being upgraded normally in bad situations and to avoid landslides and other conditions that affect system upgrades.

BMW officials say parking on a flat road is not the only requirement to upgrade the system. Other requirements for CTOnews.com are as follows:

The vehicle will not upgrade until an available software update is detected.

It needs to be downloaded in advance. When connected to the Internet through a mobile phone or BMW Connected App, the download is fully automatic.

The vehicle must have sufficient electricity.

Vehicles cannot be parked on a steep slope.

Must be in the P gear.

The engine must be turned off.