BMW lacks steering gearboxes for many models, so the carmaker has to restrict production at three locations. The BMW Board sends a clear message to the supplier Bosch.
BMW 2 Series Grand Tourer
Monday, 29.05.2017
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The automaker BMW 
is from massive delivery problems due to the BoschGroup and therefore has to limit its production in several locations. “Bosch is currently unable to supply us with a sufficient number of steering gears for the BMW 1 Series, 2 Series, 3 Series and 4 Series, and the situation is unlikely to change this week,” said BMW Purchasing Director Markus Duesmann on Monday.
In Munich, Leipzig and Tiexi in Shenyang, China, production is therefore severely restricted. In Rosslyn, South Africa, maintenance planned for the fall was actually preferred. “We assume that Bosch, as the responsible supplier, will be responsible for the damage we have suffered,” said Duesmann. The supplier is working very hard to get the supply of the parts up and running again.
Because of the bottleneck so far several thousand vehicles have not been built as planned. Much of it, however, make up for lost, said a BMW spokesman. The company still hopes that customers will no longer have to wait for ordered cars.
Already last Tuesday and Wednesday there had been a limited operation at BMW in Munich, several shifts were canceled. How ambiguous the situation is is illustrated by a statement by a spokesman for the Leipzig plant: “We are driving in sight, I can only speak from day to day,” said the spokesman.
For the Bosch Group, delivery problems come at a most unfavorable time. The group is currently under pressure because of the diesel affair, So, the company is listed as a defendant in recently filed class action lawsuit by attorney Steve Berman. In Germany, the public prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart initiated proceedings against Bosch employees in the course of the investigation against Daimler: on suspicion of aiding and abetting fraud. Previously, the authority had already identified in the case of Volkswagen against Bosch managers.