FIRE SCANDAL LATEST US-MARKET WOE FOR GERMAN CARMAKERS

The spate of mysterious fires in BMW  vehicles is only the latest trouble for a German car manufacturer in the US market.

Volkswagon is still recovering from the 2015 'Dieselgate' emissions testing scandal, in which it was found the German company had used vehicle software to intentionally trick emissions tests.

The company was sentenced in a criminal trial in April, has agreed to spend up to $25 billion in the US to address claims from owners, environmental regulators, states and dealers, and has offered to buy back about 500,000 polluting US vehicles.

Mercedes, another German carmaker, announced on Tuesday that it would not seek to sell 2017 year diesel vehicles in the US due to increased regulatory scrutiny in the wake of Dieselgate.

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If you own a BMW, you may want to take it for a drive pretty soon as there’s been reports that the vehicles are mysteriously catching fire if they’re parked for a long period of time.


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More than 40 parked BMWs have randomly caught fire in the US over the past five years with similar incidents in Sweden, China, India and South Korea, an ABC News report found.

And worryingly none of the models are under an open recall.

The mysterious fires reportedly range across several models, years, and generations of the renowned brand’s vehicles, which can cost more than $100,000 (£77,000)

A previous investigation into fires on BMW vehicles in South Korea led to a mass 1,700-car recall due to a possible fuel leak but it is unclear if the American fires are related.

The spate of fires has led to one man being homeless after his car caught fire in his garage and burned his house down.

In December 2015, Bill Macko and his wife had been in their home in Olney, Maryland, when they noticed a strange smell from their garage.

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When they went to investigate, they heard a ‘snap, crackle, pop’ and then their parked 2008 BMW X5 burst into flames.

Though firefighters battled to put out the flames, it ultimately took over their entire home.

Seventeen months later, they’re still staying with relatives, unsure of when they’ll be able to return home.

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In another case, the owner of a 2003 BMW in New York told firefighters that his car had been sitting parked for three or four days before bursting into flames.

BMW have denied that that there is an issue causing the fires that hasn’t already been covered by a recall.

A statement issued to ABC News said: ‘In cases that we have inspected and are able to determine root cause, we have not seen any pattern related to quality or component failure.

‘Vehicle fires can result from a wide variety of external reasons unrelated to product defect.’

The company also told the channel that fires could be the result of any number of factors the manufacturer can’t control, including improper maintenance by unauthorized mechanics, aftermarket modifications, rodent nesting and even arson.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/12/bmws-have-started-mysteriously-exploding-while-parked-up-6632697/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4496830/Spate-BMW-car-fires-raising-fear-anger-owners.html

https://autojosh.com/dozens-bmws-burst-flames-long-owners-say-turned-off/

This is serious. After collecting huge sums of money from their customers, they'll remotely trigger an inbuilt bomb so that they'll come and buy another one. This is why I love Hyundai. Cheap car yet very sophisticated and innovative

lofty900:
This is serious. After collecting huge sums of money from their customers, they'll remotely trigger an inbuilt bomb so that they'll come and buy another one. This is why I love Hyundai. Cheap car yet very sophisticated and innovative

If dis happens in Nigeria,we say people from the village are behind the sudden mysterious fire

Buy benz una no go hear

If my beamer catch fire I go craze

Buy toyota pencil una no go hear na u use ur money to buy bomb when 3rd world war never start hbd to me ;Dlala n seun I c una messageooo gracias

Abi Na fake infinix panel dey inside sef

I only came here to see the inflamed car

Cos to be honest don't Ave anything reasonable to say

They samsunged the cars

Nice

Na market be this oooo

bad market for BMW

Oh my dear BMW

emeijeh:
Dem Don begin use Samsung parts do BMW?



James Bond must hear this

world wide

Hmmm, tot BMW cars are one of the best brands.

sad



hope x6 is not among sha

Love my Honda Odyssey Shuttle like kilode

lofty900:
This is serious. After collecting huge sums of money from their customers, they'll remotely trigger an inbuilt bomb so that they'll come and buy another one. This is why I love Hyundai. Cheap car yet very sophisticated and innovative

40 vehicles caught fire, in five years, WORLDWIDE!
That means just 8 vehicles per year and they are making noise?

Those people have been advised to stop smoking WEED inside a BMW, it does not like it. SIMPLE.

Very soon, most countries will start shunning the US market because America is just using other foreign companies to make money for itself, with all those useless and unreasonable fines it imposes on them.

The FORD they produce in America itself, is even worse!

People wey get BMW no go rest again now especially in nigeria

If this happens in nigeria even after seeing this some will still say na village people

Me no kuku get BMW na Nissan I dey drive

After some people go dey compare bmw with Benz in the name of BMW fans.

which day BMW start this wan

At least something is being done about it already which tells you how a sane society is supposed to run unlike Nigeria, where closure can ever come to issues like this.

The Media's involved, people are aware and empowered to make intelligent buying choices thus putting the manufacturer under pressure to perfect their product designs before coming to market or risk losing their market. Insurance claims will be paid in full including 'inconvenience fees' for provable collateral costs incurred for owners of those cars especially the guy who's home got friend.

Nigeria's SON, NAFDAC, Ports Authority are also porous like women's hair-nets and all government institutions are riddled through and through with accursed corrupt-kin who are ready sabotage their own mothers for a little change. It's a darned shame really.

Toyota recalled, mazda recalled, honda recalled, benz recalled audi recalled all these cars recalled for one issue or the other now bmw burst into flames after being parked. All these modern cars fitted with modern sosphicated equipments, like bluetooth tech, keyless ignt, computerizd entertainment and transmission etc. U wonder if u are driving a car or a fotress. Why wont they burn or have complex issues. Ever noticed that cars produced from 08 and above have the highst frequency of recall? Gone are the days when simpler and less sosphicated cars graced our roads. The likes of benz 200, 230e, peugeot 504, 505, audi 80, mazda 626, toyota crown, carina etc comes to mind. how many of them were recalld due to one issue or the other?.....moral of my quote. too much technology will kill your product. just ask samsung.

lofty900:
This is serious. After collecting huge sums of money from their customers, they'll remotely trigger an inbuilt bomb so that they'll come and buy another one. This is why I love Hyundai. Cheap car yet very sophisticated and innovative

This got me laughing hard

I tell ya
Pastor will come and order someone to fast for 3 days

Aldebaran:


If dis happens in Nigeria,we say people from the village are behind the sudden mysterious fire

Peewee
Made in China

Another trump conspiracy for buy American products, BMW is the most reliable car in the world.... since 2008 is now that the car got burnt? Thats cheap lies for cheap brain.... i no go sell my own... i go add more...

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Kingkamal:
Another trump conspiracy for buy American products, BMW is the most reliable car in the world.... since 2008 is now that the car got burnt? Thats cheap lies for cheap brain.... i no go sell my own... i go add more...

Bro why involve Trump.