# 2000 BMW 325CI — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `2060218` · 2025-01-27 · BMW of North America, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** BMW
- **Model:** 325CI
- **Year:** 2000
- **Manufacturer:** BMW of North America, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Speed:** 35 mph
## Narrative
Dash started smoking as soon as I turned rhe lights on, I exited the freeway and pulled into a neighborhood,  parked on a corner   turn the engine off and disconnected the battery,  the smoke continued,  within second the fire started, I poured 4 bottles of water with no luck, before I could ask the homes residents to hand me the garden hose, the fire spread, the sprayed and it just kept coming back, fire dept, cut the dash with an are and sprayed it, finally it was out
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