BMW Recalls Nearly 700,000 Vehicle Units In China, Here's The Cause

BMW Series-5 long wheelbase version for the Chinese market. (Doc. BMW Group)

JAKARTA - Unpleasant news came from a German manufacturer, BMW, which announced the recall of nearly 700,000 vehicles in China.

Launching from Automotive News Europe, Tuesday, October 22, the trigger for the recall was due to damage to the coolant pump. In detail, as many as 499,539 affected units are local production and 188,371 other units are imports.

Affected models include Series-3 and Series-5 vehicles made locally, as well as several imported Series X crossovers.

It is said that a blockage in damaged coolant pump in a number of models can cause corrosion or carat, which can cause short circuits and in the case of extreme fires, according to China's State Administration for Market Regulation.

This recall follows a sharp decline in shipments in China, the largest market by revenue. In the third quarter, BMW and Mini brand car shipments in China slumped 30 percent, the sharpest decline in more than four years, the group said last week.

Earlier in September, BMW issued a profit warning for the global recall of 1.5 million cars in connection with a damaged braking system supplied by Continental AG. The error is expected to cost car manufacturer nearly 1 billion euros to fix it.

The error was detected in August, and BMW notified Chinese authorities while conducting an investigation, a spokesman said in a statement.

Meanwhile in the United States (US), manufacturers must make a recall involving the i4 Gran Coupe model due to problems in the chassis framework.

This recall involves a total of 1,150 vehicles, consisting of the BMW i4 eDrive40, i4 xDrive40, and i4 M50 US specifications manufactured between March 7 to April 27, 2024. This decision was taken after several months earlier BMW also made separate withdrawals for the i4 and i5 models related to battery problems.