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2015 BMW 328I — STRUCTURE:BODY

fire · 1446512 · 2018-02-08

Vehicle

Make
BMW
Model
328I
Year
2015
Manufacturer
BMW of North America, LLC
Component
STRUCTURE:BODY
Miles at failure
22,000
Speed
30 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

REAR SPOILER MALFUNCTION APPEARED ON MY SCREEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ROUGHLY 30 MILES PER HOUR, THEN THE REAR SPOILER BEGAN TO SMOKE WITHIN 60 SECONDS. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO PARK IT, AND AFTER ANOTHER 100 SECONDS, THE SPOILER CAUGHT FIRE AND WITHIN 180 MORE SECONDS THE WHOLE REAR OF THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. BY THIS TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11071840
Machine
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