BMW has initiated a major recall marketing campaign, encompassing practically all its diesel mannequin collection from 2021 and 2022, on account of a hearth hazard, as reported by the automotive publication Auto Motor und Sport. The recall impacts practically 800,000 automobiles worldwide. The foundation of the issue lies within the potential for glycol coolant to flee from faulty exhaust fuel recirculation (EGR) coolers. This leakage, when mixed with soot accumulation and excessive temperatures, can result in the glycol combination catching hearth, posing a extreme threat of auto combustion in excessive circumstances.

This subject first gained consideration in December 2020, when Auto Motor und Sport revealed a then-unknown recall of 500,499 automobiles throughout practically all BMW collection. This recall contains diesel fashions from the one to seven collection, in addition to the X1, X3, X4, and X5, indicating a widespread subject throughout the model’s lineup. The engine affected are N47, N57 and B47 diesels.

BMW has acknowledged that prior corrective actions have been insufficient, resulting in continued situations of EGR cooler leaks and the uncommon however harmful final result of auto fires. A BMW spokesman instructed Auto Motor und Sport the measures carried out within the meantime weren’t enough. An optimized cooler unit has solely been used since 2022, which, in keeping with AMS, even comes from a special provider than the problematic elements of the previous.  This ongoing subject has prompted elevated scrutiny from the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), which now workout routines extra lively oversight over the recall course of, extending its focus to incorporate non-safety-related merchandise. House owners of the affected automobiles are being straight contacted by BMW for workshop visits to deal with the fireplace threat.

There isn’t any further data for the North American market, however in 2021, BMW USA recalled 50,404 of the next automobiles that come outfitted with an Exhaust Fuel Recirculation (EGR) module with an built-in cooler:

• Mannequin yr 2013-2018 328d, 328d xDrive,
• Mannequin yr 2014-2018 328d Sports activities Wagon, 328d xDrive Sports activities Wagon,
• Mannequin yr 2014-2016 535d, 535d xDrive,
• Mannequin yr 2015 740Ld xDrive,
• Mannequin yr 2015-2017 X3 xDrive28d SAV, and
• Mannequin year2014-2017 X5 xDrive35d SAV diesel.

[Source: Motor Press Stuttgart via BimmerToday]