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Why ARE parked BMWs spontaneously catching fire across the country? Owners request answers as dozens of the luxury German cars burst into flames while the engines were OFF
By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com Nineteen:44 BST eleven May 2017, updated 22:Nineteen BST eleven May two thousand seventeen
- Fresh report finds more than forty cases of US BMWs catching fire in past five years
- In each case, the cars were parked and not under recall by the German carmaker
- Various models inbetween one and fifteen years old implicated in the ABC News report
- Similar issue reported in other countries, sparking investigation in South Korea
- BMW denies ‘any pattern related to quality or component failure’ in fires
- Luxury car company blames improper maintenance and even ‘rodents’ for fires
Concern over the safety of BMW cars is mounting in the wake of a fresh report that found dozens of examples of mysterious fires cracking out in vehicles that had been parked for as long as several days.
More than forty parked BMWs that are not under an open recall have caught fire in the US over the past five years, with similar incidents in Sweden, China, India, and South Korea, the ABC News report from Thursday found.
The inexplicable fires range across several models, years, and generations of the iconic luxury brand’s vehicles, which can range in price to over $100,000.
BMW is denying that they’ve found ‘any pattern related to quality or component failure’ and says that out of the Four.9million vehicles it has on US roads, fire incidents are exceedingly infrequent.
After a spate of BMW fires in South Korea, a government investigation found a possible fuel leak, leading to a 1,700-car recall, but it is unknown if the American fires are related to that issue.
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The dramatic, unexpected fires in parked cars have left dozens of drivers bereft of their prized luxury vehicles, and at least one man homeless when a car fire in his garage burned his home down.
In December of 2015, Bill Macko was in his Olney, Maryland when his wifey parked their two thousand eight BMW X5, which originally retailed for $46,200, in the garage after a brief drive,
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Macko, a lifelong BMW enthusiast who had purchased seven of the high-end cars over the years, told ABC that he walked into the garage to investigate a strange smell, and heard a ‘snap, crackle, pop’ as he entered.
The car burst into flames, and Macko and his wifey ran out of the house and observed as firefighters battled the inferno, which ultimately engulfed and gutted their home.
Sixteen months later, he and his wifey are still staying with relatives, unassured when they will be able to come back to their rebuilt home.
In another case, in Fresh York’s Westchester County, the proprietor of a two thousand three BMW told fire crews it had been sitting parked for three or four days before bursting into flames.
‘Which we thought was a little peculiar,’ Mamaroneck Fire Chief Tracey Schmaling told WABC.
In October of 2016, Tar Zaide had just parked his two thousand eleven BMW three hundred twenty eight in an Oshwa, Canada parking lot on his way to visit a client when it began smoking and then burst into flames.
‘My son saved by seconds,’ wrote the person who posted a movie of the fire on YouTube. ‘Cannot believe what we were watching.’
In Brookhaven, Georgia, after an unexpected snowfall in January 2014, one motorist left his BMW E36 M3 on the impassable road overnight.
Before he returned the next day, the car was engulfed in flames, the Associated Press reported.
Across the Atlantic, John Minkhe of Sweden got a rude surprise in April 2014.
‘An explosive fire began in our BMW X5 a few minutes after my wifey and two kids switched off the engine and left the car,’ he explained in a post on YouTube.
The car was ‘totally flashed over’ within ten minutes, Minkhe wrote.
‘My family has had BMW since beginning of 2000s, we thought we invested in quality and safety according to the premium brand BMW considered to be – unluckily we were wrong,’ he added.
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 two thousand fifteen ‘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 suggested to buy back about 500,000 polluting US vehicles.
Mercedes , another German carmaker, announced on Tuesday that it would not seek to sell two thousand seventeen year diesel vehicles in the US due to enlargened regulatory scrutiny in the wake of Dieselgate.
BMW denies that there is any quality issue causing the fires not already covered by recalls. Like other automakers, BMW has issued fire-related recalls in the past.
‘In cases that we have explored and are able to determine root cause, we have not seen any pattern related to quality or component failure,’ the company said in a Wednesday statement.
‘Vehicle fires can result from a broad diversity of outward reasons unrelated to product defect.’
The company also told ABC News 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.
Fresh Jersey attorney Joseph Santoli, who has sued BMW in the past, said several BMW owners about their cars catching fire.
‘I have heard from owners that when they confront BMW about their incident, they’re told that this is the very first time that BMW has ever heard of it,’ Santoli told ABC News.
‘I think some of it is an example of BMW burying their goes in the sand,’ the attorney said.
In a statement, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration encouraged motorists to report any safety issues, ‘including strange and unexplainable incidents involving their vehicles’, through the agency’s website.
Utter STATEMENT OF BMW NORTH AMERICA ON REPORTED FIRES
With approximately Four.9 million BMW vehicles on U.S. roads, fire incidents involving BMWs are very uncommon. BMW takes every incident very gravely and has a dedicated team ready to work with BMW owners, insurance companies and authorities to investigate any vehicle fire incident that is brought to our attention.
We have investigated and in some cases probed the vehicle identified by ABC News. These vehicles span an age range of 1-15 years, accumulated mileage of up to 232,250 miles and numerous generations and model types.
In cases that we have investigated 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 broad multitude of outward reasons unrelated to product defect. In addition, ABC News indicated that they had some examples in other countries, but we are incapable to comment on any incidents outside of the US.
BMW car fires raising fear and anger for owners, Daily Mail Online
Why ARE parked BMWs spontaneously catching fire across the country? Owners request answers as dozens of the luxury German cars burst into flames while the engines were OFF
By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com Nineteen:44 BST eleven May 2017, updated 22:Nineteen BST eleven May two thousand seventeen
- Fresh report finds more than forty cases of US BMWs catching fire in past five years
- In each case, the cars were parked and not under recall by the German carmaker
- Various models inbetween one and fifteen years old implicated in the ABC News report
- Similar issue reported in other countries, sparking investigation in South Korea
- BMW denies ‘any pattern related to quality or component failure’ in fires
- Luxury car company blames improper maintenance and even ‘rodents’ for fires
Concern over the safety of BMW cars is mounting in the wake of a fresh report that found dozens of examples of mysterious fires cracking out in vehicles that had been parked for as long as several days.
More than forty parked BMWs that are not under an open recall have caught fire in the US over the past five years, with similar incidents in Sweden, China, India, and South Korea, the ABC News report from Thursday found.
The inexplicable fires range across several models, years, and generations of the iconic luxury brand’s vehicles, which can range in price to over $100,000.
BMW is denying that they’ve found ‘any pattern related to quality or component failure’ and says that out of the Four.9million vehicles it has on US roads, fire incidents are exceedingly uncommon.
After a spate of BMW fires in South Korea, a government investigation found a possible fuel leak, leading to a 1,700-car recall, but it is unknown if the American fires are related to that issue.
Scroll down for movie
The dramatic, unexpected fires in parked cars have left dozens of drivers bereft of their prized luxury vehicles, and at least one man homeless when a car fire in his garage burned his home down.
In December of 2015, Bill Macko was in his Olney, Maryland when his wifey parked their two thousand eight BMW X5, which originally retailed for $46,200, in the garage after a brief drive,
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Macko, a lifelong BMW enthusiast who had purchased seven of the high-end cars over the years, told ABC that he walked into the garage to investigate a strange smell, and heard a ‘snap, crackle, pop’ as he entered.
The car burst into flames, and Macko and his wifey ran out of the house and observed as firefighters battled the inferno, which ultimately engulfed and gutted their home.
Sixteen months later, he and his wifey are still staying with relatives, uncertain when they will be able to come back to their rebuilt home.
In another case, in Fresh York’s Westchester County, the holder of a two thousand three BMW told fire crews it had been sitting parked for three or four days before bursting into flames.
‘Which we thought was a little peculiar,’ Mamaroneck Fire Chief Tracey Schmaling told WABC.
In October of 2016, Tar Zaide had just parked his two thousand eleven BMW three hundred twenty eight in an Oshwa, Canada parking lot on his way to visit a client when it began smoking and then burst into flames.
‘My son saved by seconds,’ wrote the person who posted a movie of the fire on YouTube. ‘Cannot believe what we were watching.’
In Brookhaven, Georgia, after an unexpected snowfall in January 2014, one motorist left his BMW E36 M3 on the impassable road overnight.
Before he returned the next day, the car was engulfed in flames, the Associated Press reported.
Across the Atlantic, John Minkhe of Sweden got a rude surprise in April 2014.
‘An explosive fire embarked in our BMW X5 a few minutes after my wifey and two kids switched off the engine and left the car,’ he explained in a post on YouTube.
The car was ‘totally flashed over’ within ten minutes, Minkhe wrote.
‘My family has had BMW since beginning of 2000s, we thought we invested in quality and safety according to the premium brand BMW considered to be – unluckily we were wrong,’ he added.
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 two thousand fifteen ‘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 suggested to buy back about 500,000 polluting US vehicles.
Mercedes , another German carmaker, announced on Tuesday that it would not seek to sell two thousand seventeen year diesel vehicles in the US due to enhanced regulatory scrutiny in the wake of Dieselgate.
BMW denies that there is any quality issue causing the fires not already covered by recalls. Like other automakers, BMW has issued fire-related recalls in the past.
‘In cases that we have tested and are able to determine root cause, we have not seen any pattern related to quality or component failure,’ the company said in a Wednesday statement.
‘Vehicle fires can result from a broad diversity of outward reasons unrelated to product defect.’
The company also told ABC News 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.
Fresh Jersey attorney Joseph Santoli, who has sued BMW in the past, said several BMW owners about their cars catching fire.
‘I have heard from owners that when they confront BMW about their incident, they’re told that this is the very first time that BMW has ever heard of it,’ Santoli told ABC News.
‘I think some of it is an example of BMW burying their goes in the sand,’ the attorney said.
In a statement, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration encouraged motorists to report any safety issues, ‘including strange and unexplainable incidents involving their vehicles’, through the agency’s website.
Total STATEMENT OF BMW NORTH AMERICA ON REPORTED FIRES
With approximately Four.9 million BMW vehicles on U.S. roads, fire incidents involving BMWs are very infrequent. BMW takes every incident very earnestly and has a dedicated team ready to work with BMW owners, insurance companies and authorities to investigate any vehicle fire incident that is brought to our attention.
We have investigated and in some cases probed the vehicle identified by ABC News. These vehicles span an age range of 1-15 years, accumulated mileage of up to 232,250 miles and numerous generations and model types.
In cases that we have examined 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 broad multitude of outward reasons unrelated to product defect. In addition, ABC News indicated that they had some examples in other countries, but we are incapable to comment on any incidents outside of the US.
BMW car fires raising fear and anger for owners, Daily Mail Online
Why ARE parked BMWs spontaneously catching fire across the country? Owners request answers as dozens of the luxury German cars burst into flames while the engines were OFF
By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com Nineteen:44 BST eleven May 2017, updated 22:Nineteen BST eleven May two thousand seventeen
- Fresh report finds more than forty cases of US BMWs catching fire in past five years
- In each case, the cars were parked and not under recall by the German carmaker
- Various models inbetween one and fifteen years old implicated in the ABC News report
- Similar issue reported in other countries, sparking investigation in South Korea
- BMW denies ‘any pattern related to quality or component failure’ in fires
- Luxury car company blames improper maintenance and even ‘rodents’ for fires
Concern over the safety of BMW cars is mounting in the wake of a fresh report that found dozens of examples of mysterious fires cracking out in vehicles that had been parked for as long as several days.
More than forty parked BMWs that are not under an open recall have caught fire in the US over the past five years, with similar incidents in Sweden, China, India, and South Korea, the ABC News report from Thursday found.
The inexplicable fires range across several models, years, and generations of the iconic luxury brand’s vehicles, which can range in price to over $100,000.
BMW is denying that they’ve found ‘any pattern related to quality or component failure’ and says that out of the Four.9million vehicles it has on US roads, fire incidents are exceedingly infrequent.
After a spate of BMW fires in South Korea, a government investigation found a possible fuel leak, leading to a 1,700-car recall, but it is unknown if the American fires are related to that issue.
Scroll down for movie
The dramatic, unexpected fires in parked cars have left dozens of drivers bereft of their prized luxury vehicles, and at least one man homeless when a car fire in his garage burned his home down.
In December of 2015, Bill Macko was in his Olney, Maryland when his wifey parked their two thousand eight BMW X5, which originally retailed for $46,200, in the garage after a brief drive,
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Macko, a lifelong BMW enthusiast who had purchased seven of the high-end cars over the years, told ABC that he walked into the garage to investigate a strange smell, and heard a ‘snap, crackle, pop’ as he entered.
The car burst into flames, and Macko and his wifey ran out of the house and observed as firefighters battled the inferno, which ultimately engulfed and gutted their home.
Sixteen months later, he and his wifey are still staying with relatives, uncertain when they will be able to comeback to their rebuilt home.
In another case, in Fresh York’s Westchester County, the possessor of a two thousand three BMW told fire crews it had been sitting parked for three or four days before bursting into flames.
‘Which we thought was a little peculiar,’ Mamaroneck Fire Chief Tracey Schmaling told WABC.
In October of 2016, Tar Zaide had just parked his two thousand eleven BMW three hundred twenty eight in an Oshwa, Canada parking lot on his way to visit a client when it began smoking and then burst into flames.
‘My son saved by seconds,’ wrote the person who posted a movie of the fire on YouTube. ‘Cannot believe what we were observing.’
In Brookhaven, Georgia, after an unexpected snowfall in January 2014, one motorist left his BMW E36 M3 on the impassable road overnight.
Before he returned the next day, the car was engulfed in flames, the Associated Press reported.
Across the Atlantic, John Minkhe of Sweden got a rude surprise in April 2014.
‘An explosive fire began in our BMW X5 a few minutes after my wifey and two kids switched off the engine and left the car,’ he explained in a post on YouTube.
The car was ‘totally flashed over’ within ten minutes, Minkhe wrote.
‘My family has had BMW since beginning of 2000s, we thought we invested in quality and safety according to the premium brand BMW considered to be – unluckily we were wrong,’ he added.
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 two thousand fifteen ‘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 suggested to buy back about 500,000 polluting US vehicles.
Mercedes , another German carmaker, announced on Tuesday that it would not seek to sell two thousand seventeen year diesel vehicles in the US due to enhanced regulatory scrutiny in the wake of Dieselgate.
BMW denies that there is any quality issue causing the fires not already covered by recalls. Like other automakers, BMW has issued fire-related recalls in the past.
‘In cases that we have studied and are able to determine root cause, we have not seen any pattern related to quality or component failure,’ the company said in a Wednesday statement.
‘Vehicle fires can result from a broad diversity of outward reasons unrelated to product defect.’
The company also told ABC News 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.
Fresh Jersey attorney Joseph Santoli, who has sued BMW in the past, said several BMW owners about their cars catching fire.
‘I have heard from owners that when they confront BMW about their incident, they’re told that this is the very first time that BMW has ever heard of it,’ Santoli told ABC News.
‘I think some of it is an example of BMW burying their goes in the sand,’ the attorney said.
In a statement, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration encouraged motorists to report any safety issues, ‘including strange and unexplainable incidents involving their vehicles’, through the agency’s website.
Utter STATEMENT OF BMW NORTH AMERICA ON REPORTED FIRES
With approximately Four.9 million BMW vehicles on U.S. roads, fire incidents involving BMWs are very uncommon. BMW takes every incident very gravely and has a dedicated team ready to work with BMW owners, insurance companies and authorities to investigate any vehicle fire incident that is brought to our attention.
We have investigated and in some cases studied the vehicle identified by ABC News. These vehicles span an age range of 1-15 years, accumulated mileage of up to 232,250 miles and numerous generations and model types.
In cases that we have explored 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 broad diversity of outward reasons unrelated to product defect. In addition, ABC News indicated that they had some examples in other countries, but we are incapable to comment on any incidents outside of the US.