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BMW Blames Hardware Flaw for S. Korean Fires
BMW has apologized about engine fires in South Korea and vows to complete a recall of 106,000 affected vehicles by the end of next week.
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BMW AG has apologized about engine fires in South Korea and vows to complete a recall of 106,000 affected vehicles by the end of next week.
Roughly 30 BMW cars, most of them diesel-powered 5 Series sedans, have caught fire in the country this year. The company blames a hardware flaw in the engine’s exhaust gas recirculation system and says the issue occurs only after cars have been driven long distances at high speed.
The defect does not involve software and cannot cause a fire when a vehicle is parked, according to BMW. It insists its engine-related problems in Korea aren’t any greater than in other markets that use the same EGR system. But the company continues to investigate why so many fires occurred in Korea, including a high proportion in July.
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