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“In some diesel vehicles, glycol
cooling fluid can leak” from a
faulty component called the
exhaust gas recirculation cooler,
which can combine with other
substances in the system to
create the fire risk, the group said. callback for Europe and some
Asian countries of more than
480,000 vehicles affected by
the similar problem and issued
an apology in South Korea
after around 30 cars caught fire
there this year.
BMW said it was contacting
sellers who would, in turn, get in
touch with owners of the affected
vehicles to arrange a checkup. It said on Tuesday that it had
checked more diesel models
and identified a “minimal risk”
of fire in some of them.
“The exhaust recirculation module
will be checked and if there is a
fault the parts will be exchanged,”
the group said. The latest callback brings the
total number of cars affected
to some 1.6 million around the
world.
In August, BMW had announced a
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