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Posted on 11/14/2026 3:05:29 PM PST by george76
Some older BMW models have an electrical issue, including sedans, crossovers, coupes, convertibles, and SUVs.
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There’s a potentially severe issue with several BMW models produced for the 2012-2018 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that 720,796 Bimmers are being recalled (NHTSA recall number 26V733) due to a potential short circuit that increases the risk of a fire. Therefore, the NHTSA advises owners to park their vehicles “outside and away from structures” while BMW figures out how to fix the problem. Unfortunately, owners will be stuck with the potential hazard for a while yet, as notification letters are only expected to be sent next month. Let’s see which vehicles are affected before exploring why BMW doesn’t have a fix ready yet.
Massive Recall Hits BMWs Across Multiple Model Lines
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BMW models listed in NHTSA recall 26V733
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best to follow the advice to park outside until BMW says a fix is ready. Letters are expected to be sent out on or around December 25, and dealers are already being prepared to perform the fix. Hopefully, this will be the last time this issue appears in these cars.
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LOL...not even a BMW EV? ICE engine BMWs? Guess the ICE crowd wants in on all the fun.
Do gang bosses still have their wives go outside in the morning to start the luxury car? Just in case.
BMW news affects so many of us at FR.
“I don’t mean to trouble you,
but I drive a BMW.”
-—From comedy LP of Harvard Lampoon skits.
best to follow the advice to park outside until BMW says a fix is ready.
= = =
Your car will be stolen, so your house no longer has a fire danger. And your problem car is gone too.
After someone fixing air traffic control communication and making election balloting honest.
Hyundai, Kia once again tell owners to park cars outside over increased fire risk, recall 571K vehicles ..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4141183/posts
Isn’t that something? Car manufacturers have had over 100 years to perfect things. Yet they evidently haven’t.
I might be wrong, but I don’t blame the engineers. I blame the bean counters. Replace this gizmo with a cheaper gizmo. Save a dollar on each car produced.
And, no. I didn’t read the article. That would be against Free Republic tradition.
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Will the urban teens be able to sue the owner for burns if the stolen cars catch on fire?
Like a home invader tripping over cracked sidewalk or the movie referenced one of the criminal coming down through a kitchen skylight but cutting himself on the kitchen blade on the counter and suing the homeowner for negligence.
To all: It was Jim Carrey’s movie Liar Liar.
In the film, the character Greta tells a story to attorney Fletcher Reede (Jim Carrey) about a friend’s legal troubles. She says:
“A couple years ago my friend had a burglar on her roof, a burglar. He fell through the kitchen skylight, landed on a butcher’s knife cutting his leg. The burglar sued my friend, he sued my friend. And because of guys like you HE WON. My friend had to pay the burglar $6,000. Is that justice?”
A transit system run by the town of Jackson and Teton County set out to replace its diesel buses with electric, but none of the eight electric buses in its fleet are running, and the company that made them went bankrupt.
I’d want 100% of what I paid for back.
“best to follow the advice to park outside until BMW says a fix is ready.” The snow though you know.
Some manufacturers were trying to use a plant based insulation for environmental concerns and mice were eating it causing shorts.
If they have to replace the wiring harness it might be cheaper to total some of the cars.
The legendary 2004 series did not have that problem.
Just another consequence of listening to the ignorant “muther Earth” idiots.
If it’s not a lithium fire though it will be lot easier to put out.
Joe Lucas says:
“Don’t go out after dark”
Remember that from the 60’s
Lots of neat English sports cars on the road back then.
I would always wonder if it was truly fixed.
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