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BMW North America is recalling almost 90,000 autos attributable to an engine starter concern, the U.S. Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) introduced Saturday.
The NHTSA stated the recall includes 87,394 autos within the U.S. and is tied to an engine starter that will overheat, posing a fireplace threat, in response to Reuters.
Sellers will change the engine starter for free of charge to house owners, the NHTSA stated.
The announcement comes after BMW recalled greater than 145,000 autos within the U.S. in October over a starter defect that might overheat and spark a fireplace.
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BMW autos are displayed on the market on rather a lot on the BMW of South Austin dealership on Might 16, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Pictures)
In September, BMW recalled 200,000 autos attributable to the same concern, bringing the whole variety of affected autos to greater than 341,000. These remembers affected sure 2019–2025 autos throughout six fashions, together with the 2020 340i, X6, 2020–2025 840i, 2020–2022 740Li, and 2019–2020 X7 and X5.
A number of automakers have issued remembers in current weeks, together with Chrysler, which earlier this week recalled greater than 450,000 autos and greater than 2,000 tow-trailer modules due to a brake mild failure that might enhance the danger of a crash, the NHTSA stated.
Final month, Toyota recalled greater than 161,000 pickup vehicles within the U.S. attributable to a software program defect that may stop the rearview digital camera picture from displaying when the car is shifted into reverse.
That recall affected sure 2024 and 2025 Toyota Tundra and Tundra Hybrid fashions geared up with the automaker’s Panoramic View Monitor (PVM) system, in response to the NHTSA.
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A buyer appears at a BMW X6 mannequin on March 14, 2023. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg / Getty Pictures)
This week, federal regulators expanded an investigation into 1.27 million Ford F-150 pickup vehicles following reviews of issues of safety associated to the autos’ transmissions.
The NHTSA stated drivers reported surprising transmission downshifts within the vehicles with out warning or driver enter, typically inflicting momentary rear-wheel lockup or skidding and rising the danger of a crash.
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BMW X6 luxurious crossover SUV on show at an expo on Jan. 9, 2020. (Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
The probe covers 2015–2017 Ford F-150 vehicles geared up with 6R80 transmissions. The F-150 is the best-selling pickup truck within the U.S.
FOX Enterprise reached out to BMW for remark and to the NHTSA for added info.
FOX Enterprise’ Bonny Chu and Reuters contributed to this report.
