SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “When someone in a BMW pulls in, we ask that they park in the designated parking area on the B4 basement level. Of course, 99 percent of drivers get mad when we say this, and claim that their car is new and without any problems. That troubles us,” said [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of BMW owners will file a complaint with police this week seeking a criminal investigation into top officials at the local unit of the German carmaker over a recent series of fires in vehicles, a law firm representing the plaintiffs said Wednesday. Barun Law LLC said it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With BMW issuing a recall for a number of its car models after a spate of engine fires, a similar instance that occurred in Europe in 2016 is gaining widespread attention, making it difficult for BMW to avert controversy for what some say is a tardy response to a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW Group on Monday officially apologized for the fires that consumed some of its vehicles and stressed that the hardware issue cited for the problem is not specific to South Korea. The statement came as the German luxury carmaker held an “urgent” press conference in Seoul to explain the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –A BMW sedan caught fire on a street in South Korea Saturday, the latest in a spate of reported car fires related to the German brand that have heightened safety concerns and prompted a recent massive recall here. The fire broke out in the engine compartment of the BMW 520d [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With car owners continuing to report engine fires on BMW’s 520d model, a number of car parks are banning the vehicle in question. A sign at an automated parking building in Seoul’s Gaepo-dong neighborhood in Gangnam-gu yesterday warned, “BMW vehicles absolutely cannot be parked here.” The building, mainly [...]
(image: KobizMedia/ Korea Bizwire) SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Koreans consumers jointly filed a lawsuit against BMW over a faulty part which appears to have caused vehicles to catch fire, a local law firm representing the plaintiffs said Friday. The lawsuit by 13 owners of the BMW 520d sedan is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will look into BMW Korea over its alleged delay in the recalling of more than 100,000 passenger cars, an official said Thursday, as the latest vehicle fire is fueling safety concerns. A BMW 520d sedan caught fire while being driven on a local expressway at 11:47 a.m. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — BMW Korea has announced the launch of a service hotline responsible for vehicle recalls and its nation-wide repair centers operating 24 hours a day, including weekends, starting today. This is to execute recall procedures as swiftly and as safely as possible, as certain BMW models have been prone to [...]
WONJU, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Yet another 520d saloon produced by German carmaker BMW, which decided earlier in the month to issue a recall due to a series of fires, has gone up in flames. According to the Wonju Fire Department, a fire started in the 520d that an individual referred to only as [...]