Burning cars
BMW It will withdraw 499,539 locally made cars and 188,371 imported vehicles from the market, China’s State Administration of Market Regulation said in a statement on Friday. Faulty coolant pump caps mounted on some models may lead to corrosionwhich may cause short circuitand in extreme cases firesthe agency reported. Faulty models include locally produced 3 and 5 series vehiclesas well as some imported ones X-series SUVs.
BMW and Mini disappear from the Chinese market
The withdrawal of the cars from the market coincided with a sharp reduction in car supplies in China, largest car market in terms of revenues. In the third quarter, the number of delivered brand vehicles BMW and Mini in China fell 30%, the biggest drop in deliveries in more than four years, the group said last week.
Faulty brakes from Continental
In September, BMW issued a loss statement due to global recall of 1.5 million cars due to faulty braking systems provided by the company Continental. These defects are expected to cost money to fix for the automaker almost EUR 1 billion.
Replacing plugs in the cooling system
Fault was discovered in August and BMW notified Chinese authorities, who were investigating the matter, a spokesman said in a statement. Single car repair should take about three hours. Vehicles from Europe they have functional cooling systems, the spokesman added.
BMW said in a separate statement Saturday that it was planned recall involves the installation of “new components” and will start in March next year. These measures are in line with domestic laws and regulations and have been approved by Chinese authorities, BMW said.