BMW said Friday it is recalling 720,796 vehicles due to a risk of fire while cars are parked and turned off. The vehicles were previously recalled in 2024 for a water pump issue and must be repaired again, NHTSA said, adding that owners “should park your vehicle outside and away from buildings and other vehicles until the vehicle is repaired.”
NHTSA said the following vehicles should be parked outside until repairs can be made:
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2012-2016 BMW 3 Series
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2012-2016 BMW 5 Series
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2012–2015 BMW X1
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2012-2016 BMW Z4
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2013-2017 BMW X3
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2014-2016 BMW 2 Series coupe
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2014–2016 BMW 3 Series sportswagon
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2014-2016 BMW 328xi Gran Turismo
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2014-2016 BMW 4 Series convertible
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2014-2016 BMW 4 Series coupe
About 25 years ago there was this ad in TV that went something like “Do you know what car brand was voted best of 2001? Not Mercedes, not Saab, not even BMW. Mitsubishi!”
To this day I keep thinking how some writer fucked up because all it made me think was that BMW was a great brand. “You’re not going to believe it but they didn’t vote for BMW…”. It should have said “obviously not BMW…”.
That’s it. I just wanted to share my thoughts on an ad that aired 25 years ago.
If you buy new cars, BMW is a great brand, or at least was back then. 25 years ago, you could choose between the E46, the E39 and the E38 (and the OG X5 if that’s your thing, but it’s boring). The E38 was being phased out for the newer E65 7 series which sucks absolute ass used, but was ridiculously comfortable for the first owner.
Reliability 25 years later is kinda meh on all of those, but brand new they were all amazing cars. And to be fair, I don’t see many 25 year old Mitsubishis here, they’ve all rusted through. I see a lot of late 90s and early 00s BMWs though.
Yep the e30, e36, e46 are awesome cars. Still luxury and gonna be more to maintain but I will take ANY of them over the absolute dog shit made today. ALL NEW CARS SUCK ASS and have for over 10 years.
I really can’t believe people are still buying shit like this. They need to be boycotted.
Just as accurate today as it was then.