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|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003208255 | Incident Date: Feb, 07 2003 |
| Consumer's City: LONGMEADOW | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: 530IA | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:cooling system:fan |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WBADT63463C | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 04 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Oct, 11 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My 4 month old 2003 bmw 530ia spontaneously caught on fire starting in the engine compartment while sitting out on my driveway next to my house. the car was totaled. the car was not running and had been off for 3.5 hours. bmw 5 series cars had fires just like this one in 2001 models and bmw issued a recall notice at that time because of a faulty auxiliary cooling fan switch. they are refusing to take any official responsibility for this incident even thought their rep, jerry gasparrini told me over the phone that the problem was probably the same type of problem that occurred in 2001 based on their engineer's assessment. this could have resulted in my house burning down and possibly also fatalities. we were lucky. this company needs to be investigated and the responsible supplier needs to be smacked down good and fined heavily. *jb |
