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2008 Bmw 3 SERIES Structure Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	705130
Internal NHTSA #	10252352
Manufacurer	BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Brand	BMW
Model	3 SERIES
Model Year	2008
File date	12/11/08
Component	STRUCTURE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Go here for the entire story: www. Bmwfire. Com i purchased a brand new 2008 bmw 328i for $38,000 from sonnen bmw in san rafael, california. The car had a serious manufacturers defect that caused an electrical fire and resulted in my car being totaled. I had multiple issues with the front passengers side fog light falling out of its casing into the lower corner of the bumper which caused three separate fires. Bmw has refused to replace my vehicle that had 11,500 miles and is covered under warranty. At the end of june 2008 i first realized this problem happened upon a closer inspection of the exterior of the car. I brought the car right away to sonnen bmw's service department, as i was worried about the safety of the vehicle. I showed them what happened, but they told me that they had no available appointments until two weeks out and that my car was safe to drive. Two weeks later i brought my vehicle to sonnen's service department, they "verified the defect" as stated in their service records. They replaced the complete front bumper and supposedly re secured the foglight. All of this was covered under bmw's warranty as it was a manufactures defect. I asked tom murtha (my service advisor) why this had happened, he told that because there was absolutely no impact damage, the only way this could have occurred was a mistake when building the vehicle at the factory. I thought all of my problems were solved until a foggy day in san francisco, california. On october 25th, 2008 at approximately 4:00 pm. While waiting at a stoplight i turned on my fog lights at the intersection of front & broadway (assuming that the foglight had been secured). It was foggy out and my passenger and i could not see the smoke that was coming from the passenger side fog light because of a small fire it caused. I was made aware of this when a pedestrian walked up to my car and alerted me that there was a fire. I pulled over right away and i dumped the contents of a large water bottle on the flame.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	11500
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SAN RAFAEL, CA
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	30/04/25
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2008 Bmw 3 SERIES Structure Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Bmw 3 SERIES Structure Problems, Complaints and Defects

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