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2021 BMW X5 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

fire · 1748466 · 2021-05-21

Vehicle

Make
BMW
Model
X5
Year
2021
Manufacturer
BMW of North America, LLC
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Severity

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

Narrative

The cars hybrid batteries caught fire while sitting in garage being charged. After car was removed from garage and fire department had things "under control" which took about 2 hours they left saying it would be towed in the morning. About 30 minutes later the car exploded setting fire to the house. The house was saved the car is nothing more than a burnt shell, a total loss. Thank God no one was hurt but I see where BMW had a ton of recalls on the 2020 version on the exact version of this vehicle for the same thing. Obviously nothing was fixed.

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11418033
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown