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More BMW Fires Reported in S. Korea
Reports in South Korea of new fires involving BMW vehicles are raising questions about whether a current recall to fix the problem is broad enough, The Korea Herald reports.
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Reports in South Korea of new fires involving BMW vehicles are raising questions about whether a current recall to fix the problem is broad enough, The Korea Herald reports.
BMW is already recalling 106,300 of its models in the country. All 42 targeted variants are diesels built before September 2016. But earlier today officials reported a similar fire of a 2012 model X1 small crossover vehicle not covered by the recall.
Forty BMW models have caught fire in Korea so far this year, according to the newspaper. It notes that 11 of those reports involve models that aren’t on the recall list, including three that have gasoline rather than diesel engines.
BMW blames a defective exhaust gas recirculation module and has recalled 324,000 vehicles in Europe to fix the same component. But observers in Korea speculate that other factors may be involved too.
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