Bmw explodes in garage .....Santa Cruz

[wickedtuna]

A Santa Cruz man is thankful to be alive today after his BMW car exploded in his garage minutes after he parked it.

The explosion destroyed Kriss Marcus’ garage and laundry room.

The incident took place around 3 am on Sunday morning.

Marcus told Loop that he parked the car, went upstairs to his bedroom and took out his iPad to do some reading when his house was rocked by a loud explosion.

He said when he went downstairs to check he realised the engine of his 2014 528 i 5 series was on fire.

He said he tried to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher and then some water hoses but when that failed he called the fire services which took about 45 minutes to extinguish the fire.

Marcus, who did not purchase his car in Trinidad, said he alerted the importer of his vehicle about the incident and intends to write to BMW headquarters in Germany.

The father of one said he is thankful for many things including that his son was not with him at the time.

The BMW brand was under scrutiny in the past year for exploding cars.

Last year, ABC News reported over 40 instances of parked BMWs in the US spontaneously bursting into flames since 2012. The report said in all of those instances the cars were parked and turned off. The cars ranged from one to 15 years old.

In response to ABC, BMW said that with almost five million BMW vehicles on US roads, such fire incidents are rare, and based on its investigation, “we have not seen any pattern related to quality or component failure. Vehicle fires can result from a wide variety of external reasons unrelated to product defect.”

But just last week, reports stated that BMW is set to recall 324,000 diesel vehicles in Europe from August 20 because of a series of dangerous engine fires in South Korea.

Reports are that between January and July this year, 27 cars caught fire in a series of events that has seen Korean politicians calling for investigations.

The problem was identified as a defect in the exhaust gas recirculation system in models that include the best-selling 520d sedan.
http://www.looptt.com/content/santa-cru ... des-garage

[skylinechild]

he was in....an explosive situation.....

[RedVEVO]

^^

Truth . No woman no Lie.

Ask any Jamaican what BMW mean to them ?





** BMW = Black Man Worries .

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

^^

Truth . No woman no Lie.

Ask any Jamaican what BMW mean to them ?





** BMW = Black Man Worries .

I thought it was Bob Marley & Wailers

[rollingstock]

Fire service was like "Bring More Water!"

[Coppershot]

Seems like a common occurrence,

After a bombshell report by ABC News last week uncovered over 40 instances of parked BMWs spontaneously bursting into flames since 2012, the company is on the defensive. Or rather, offensive. According to Automotive News, BMW of North America called the story "sensationalistic" and went on to say “With approximately 4.9 million BMW vehicles on U.S. roads, fire incidents involving BMWs are extremely rare."

In all of these instances, the cars were parked and turned off. The cars range from 1 to 15 years old and have up to 232,250 miles on the odometer. Sometimes they blow up after being parked for a few minutes, sometimes after several days.

BMW owners are understandably a little upset about this, especially the ones whose cars exploded, or had their house burn down as a result. The company has not conducted a recalls for any fire-related problems.

http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/10335/bmw-upset-with-abc-news-for-reporting-their-cars-randomly-explode

[Coppershot]

[MaxPower]

Maybe said Trini man couldnt afford to maintain his BMW....so he set it ablaze with dreams of BMW sending him a new one....

[shake d livin wake d dead]

So insurance paying?? Or 3rd party thing

[cryotec]

south korea banning them thing

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sout ... SKBN1KZ0BW

[hydroep]

Undocumented bar-b-que and grill feature...

[De Dragon]

Fires was gheed..........

[redmanjp]

no foul play suspected?

[sweeks]

That particular vehicle seems to be is a RoRo

I checked in with my local contacts but haven't heard of any local ones being affected.

[Team Loco]

buy local

[nemisis]

That particular vehicle seems to be is a RoRo

I checked in with my local contacts but haven't heard of any local ones being affected.

When is the local ones ever affected? We never have recalls affect us .......

[sweeks]

Seeing mostly 2007-2011 models affected

[vaiostation]

BMW South Korea HQ raided after dozens of cars spontaneously combust. 300,000+ cars recalled.

https://m.dw.com/en/bmws-south-korea-he ... _cars%252F

[shogun]

^Damn.

[sweeks]

BMW South Korea HQ raided after dozens of cars spontaneously combust. 300,000+ cars recalled.

https://m.dw.com/en/bmws-south-korea-he ... _cars%252F

According to this article, it's only diesel models affected.

PS the Koreans love the Germans