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Passenger car – BMW “X5, X6, 730d/740d, 520d, X3 2.0d, 116d/118d/120d/123d Hatch, 118d/120d/123d Convertible/”

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 14 Aug 2013In the weekly report of 23 Aug 2013 (week 33, 2013)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
BMW (260 alerts)
Brand as notified
Bmw
Name
X5, X6, 730d/740d, 520d, X3 2.0d, 116d/118d/120d/123d Hatch, 118d/120d/123d Convertible/
Type / model
X5, X6, 730d/740d, 520d, X3 2.0d, 116d/118d/120d/123d Hatch, 118d/120d/123d Convertible/Coupe (E60 E61 E70 E71 E8x F01 F02).
Batch numbers
Production dates: from 05/2009 to 11/2009. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
Production dates: from 05/2009 to 11/2009.
Risk
null Electrically weak contacts may occur on the PCB of the fuel filter heater. As a result, under unfavourable conditions, individual components on the PCB of the fuel filter heater may overheat and cause a fire in the vehicle.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · from 6 Aug 2013
Notifying country
Portugal
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Other alerts for BMW

Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/1107/13
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2013-033 (XML)
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