BMW was punished

It booms against BMW in South Korea. According to the country's announcement on Monday, a fine of 11.2 billion won (2.78 billion forints) will be imposed on the car manufacturer and criminal proceedings will be initiated against him for failing to deal with the fires at the beginning of the year.

A five-month investigation by the South Korean Ministry of Transport concluded that BMW was deliberately trying to cover up the technical flaws and decided too slowly to recall vehicles after about forty cars were lit early this year. The Ministry found that the fires were due to a defective valve in the exhaust gas recirculation system (EGR).

The ministry pointed out that, according to their analysis, BMW already knew about the problems of the EGR already in 2015, when they set up a team at the headquarters to work on it, but they decided to call back the vehicles much later, and went much further than needed. it would have been.

In Korea, BMW brought back 172,000 cars between July and October, and 65 different models were repaired in its repair shops. Worldwide, 1.6 million vehicles were involved in the action. In Korea, many BMW models were previously banned from parking because they were inclined to burn after standing for longer distances.

"The BMW Group is working on the ongoing investigation and is committed to solving the problem," said the Bavarian manufacturer.

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