BMW to recall 3,422 Cars in India to fix Fault

German Luxury Car maker BMW has made a recall of around 3,422 cars from its previous generation E60 5 and E60 6, which were sold within 2007 to 2010 in India. The recall has been made to fix a possible battery issue.

Recall is not a regular process as the companies fear that the same will put a negative impact on the brand and its sales. Hence they prefer to keep quiet in such type of circumstances. For the same reason most of the Car makers do not have an official Recall policy too.

Fortunately, this time the scenario is something different which provides a win-win situation to the consumers. Within last few months many auto makers including Tata Motors, Nissan, Rolls Royce, Honda and Maruti have opted recall. In this sequel, BMW has also adopted the same policy now in India, which is part of its global recall exercise.

Of course,  BMW claims that this is only a preventive recall even though no accidents or injuries have been caused due to this issue and also not all the units sold in Indian comes under this current recall exercise. Also the present generation of BMW, the F10 BMW 5 Series, which is being sold now in India, has nothing to do with this recall.

"In some remote cases, the battery cable cover inside the boot of these vehicles may be incorrectly mounted. This can result in the electrical system malfunctioning, the vehicle failing to start and, in some cases, to charring or fire," BMW said.

BMW has informed that the part replacement will be done free-of cost and should take about 30 minutes.