Another million BMW recalled a risk of fire

BMW is reminiscent of more than a million diesel cars around the world, as these vehicles may ignite. The German automaker announced this Tuesday. BMW confirms that there are 20 921 additional cars in the Netherlands.

At the beginning of August, BMW recalled for the same reason nearly half a million cars in the garage. In the Netherlands there were around 6,500 cars at that time. In total, the recall action now includes 1.6 million BMWs

. The problem of cars in question concerns the so-called EGR system, a training module that must limit nitrogen oxide emissions. There is a cooler in the EGR module that, according to BMW, can sometimes leak coolant. If it mixes with the soot deposits inside the car, it can be consumed. BMW warns in "extremely rare cases".

Forty Fires

After the announcement by BMW of the first recall a few months ago, the brand did additional research on models and years of construction that had not returned to the dealer. As a precaution, the builder decided to bring more cars to the workshop.

It is unknown how many cars were burned because of a problem with the EGR module. This is difficult to establish because the cause of a car fire is often difficult to determine because of the damage. In South Korea, where BMW first identified the problem, according to the Bloomberg news agency, there have already been forty fires this year. In the Netherlands, four cases were suspected in early August, in which he was suspected that a car was burning because of the EGR system

. The recalled cars were built between 2010 and 2017. The models that suffer from the problem are the 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 series and the X3, X4, X5 and X6 series. BMW dealers in the Netherlands contact people who own such a car.