Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
As mysterious BMW fires continue, calls for investigation into possible causes grow [View all]
Source: ABC News
As mysterious BMW fires continue, calls for investigation into possible causes grow
By KYRA PHILLIPS, CINDY GALLI, CHO PARK, HALLEY FREGER and PETE MADDEN Feb 5, 2019, 5:01 AM ET
Despite continued reports of parked BMWs bursting into flames, the government watchdog for automotive safety does not have an active investigation into possible causes.
Consumers have filed more than 90 complaints about the issue to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including 30 since ABC News first brought the problem to the public's attention, prompting critics to call for a federal probe.
According to Jason Levine, the executive director at the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, NHTSA is failing in its obligation to protect consumers.
"These BMWs have [had] these fire problems for a very long time," Levine told ABC News. "They've taken a very long time to respond to them. And it doesn't seem that they're getting to the bottom of the problem."
BMW insists that car fires can result from a variety of external reasons "unrelated to product defects." ...
-snip-
By KYRA PHILLIPS, CINDY GALLI, CHO PARK, HALLEY FREGER and PETE MADDEN Feb 5, 2019, 5:01 AM ET
Despite continued reports of parked BMWs bursting into flames, the government watchdog for automotive safety does not have an active investigation into possible causes.
Consumers have filed more than 90 complaints about the issue to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including 30 since ABC News first brought the problem to the public's attention, prompting critics to call for a federal probe.
According to Jason Levine, the executive director at the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, NHTSA is failing in its obligation to protect consumers.
"These BMWs have [had] these fire problems for a very long time," Levine told ABC News. "They've taken a very long time to respond to them. And it doesn't seem that they're getting to the bottom of the problem."
BMW insists that car fires can result from a variety of external reasons "unrelated to product defects." ...
-snip-
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mysterious-bmw-fires-continue-calls-investigation-grow/story?id=60843215
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read