BMW implements additional recall of over 65,000 cars

Recall includes 52 models not included in previous recall following a series of fires

BMW is implementing an additional recall on over 65,000 vehicles from 52 models that were not included in a previous recall in July. Many of the vehicles in question have the same exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) modules as the previous vehicles but were not excluded from the recall on BMW’s own judgment.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) announced on Oct. 23 that it was ordering additional corrective measures for 65,763 vehicles from 52 models that were found to present the risk of fires during a joint government-private investigation team study, including the 7,222 BMW 118d vehicles and the Mini Cooper D Countryman, Clubman, and Paceman.

In response to a growing outcry over fires during the operation of its vehicles, BMW instituted a recall in July for 106,317 vehicles from 42 models carrying three of its diesel engines – the B475, N47T, and N57T – that were deemed to present a high risk of fires. The vehicles subject to the additional recall include 37,097 cars from 23 models containing the EGR modules identified at the time as a cause of the fires.

A BMW 188d sports hatch, one of the models included in a recent wave of recalls

The vehicles in question include the same EGR modules as those in the July recall, but use one of five engine models – the B47U, B47C, N47C, B37C, and N57X – that were not included in the recall after BMW concluded they showed little connection to the fires. Many of the vehicles subject to the recall contain the implicated EGR module, and the grounds cited for the recall are identical.

Under the additional recall plan, BMW Korea announced that it plans to begin sending notices to the owners of the vehicles on Oct. 24 and start substituting improved EGR modules and performing pipe cleaning as of Oct. 26.

By Hong Dae-seon, staff reporter

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