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Police Raid BMW Offices in S. Korea
A team of 30 police investigators raided BMW AG’s offices in Seoul earlier today, searching for evidence to explain why more than 40 of the company’s cars have caught fire in South Korea this year.
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A team of 30 police investigators raided BMW AG’s offices in Seoul earlier today, searching for evidence to explain why more than 40 of the company’s cars have caught fire in South Korea this year.
Police say they were looking for documents about the exhaust gas recirculation systems used in BMW diesel engines to reduce emissions, The Korea Herald reports. BMW says the devices can overheat and start a fire under the hood.
Investigators are probing claims by disgruntled owners that BMW knew of the defect at least one year ago but did nothing until this summer as reports of fires began to mount. The Herald says the most recent such blaze occurred on Wednesday.
BMW launched a recall early this month of 160,300 cars in Korea to replace the EGR system. The company also announced it would do the same with 324,000 diesel-powered vehicles in Europe.
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