In Germany alone, more than a quarter of a million vehicles are affected: BMW 5 and 6 models need to be returned to the workshop. Partial repairs are due.
Lino Mirgeler / DPA
BMW Headquarters in Munich (archive image)
Tuesday, 18.06.2019
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Because of possible corrosion of a screw on an electric line in the trunk calls BMW around 560,000 cars of older 5 and 6 models back in the world, almost 274,000 of them in Germany.
Affected are cars from the production period between February 2002 and July 2010 with the model codes E60, E61, E63 and E64, said a spokesman for the Munich car manufacturer. Previously, the portal had “kfz-betrieb.de“reported about it.
The recall was a pure precaution, explained the BMW spokesman. In a few isolated cases could threaten a Schmorschaden. It is to be assumed that in about 60 percent of the vehicles concerned, a review sufficient and repair was not necessary.
As early as 2012, BMW had brought numerous cars into the workshops because of the management problem.