BMW widens diesel car recall to encompass 1.6m vehicles
BMW has tripled the number of diesel cars it is recalling amid concerns around a leaking exhaust cooler.
The car manufacturer is recalling a total 1.6m vehicles in total due to the fault, with a reported 268,000 from the UK, and including 480,000 it has recalled from Europe and Asia in August.
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In very rare cases the fault could lead to the intake manifold melting, or in extremely rare cases it could cause a fire, BMW warned.
Many of the manufacturer’s diesel cars are affected, including its four-cylinder X3, X4, X5 and X6 models, and its 1 Series, 2 Series, 3 Series, 4 Series, 5 Series and 6 Series built between 2011 and 2017.
Six-cylinder engines between July 2012 and June 2015 are also affected.
BMW expanded the recall from the European and Asian cars recalled in August after analysing diesel models built along similar designs.
“These individual cases posed no significant risk to our customers. Nonetheless the BMW Group decided to further reduce even this minor risk by expanding the country-specific technical campaigns,” a spokesperson said.
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“It is the goal of BMW Group to support the trust and confidence of our customers in our products.
“Customer information will be distributed in the sales organisation. Customers with vehicles involved in the technical campaign will be contacted.”