BMW Ireland will join its UK counterpart in recalling cars affected by an electrical fault. This comes as BMW will recall 312,000 UK vehicles at risk of the same electrical fault that has been linked to a fatal crash. The UK Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said last week BMW had failed to alert UK authorities to 19 cases of electrical faults in one of its models. A BMW spokesman said: “Now we recognise the need to widen the recall to capture a larger cohort of cars. Mwape Kambafwile told the BBC he stopped driving his BMW 3 Series car after it cut out completely while he was driving in December 2016.

Source: The Irish Times May 09, 2018 16:51 UTC