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According to media reports, in May this year, when Ms. Wang in Chongqing was driving her BMW 320i on the road, the engine compartment of the vehicle suddenly caught fire. fortunately, the passing driver helped remind Ms. Wang to stop quickly for help. No one was hurt.

According to a fire accident identification issued by the Yubei District Fire Department, the fire site is located on the lower right side of the engine, and the point of fire is the lower right side of the engine in the hood. The cause of the fire is to eliminate external fire sources and electrical circuit faults. It is determined that the cause of the fire is the leakage of the engine oil pipe at the turbine on the right lower side of the engine, and the oil is ignited by high temperature near the exhaust pipe.

According to Ms. Wang, the burning BMW 320i was purchased in March 2017, and there was no major accident before the incident, and each maintenance was carried out at the 4S store. It is worth mentioning that this BMW caught fire last year.

Ms. Wang recalled that the car had a situation last summer, when the car's condenser tube burst, resulting in the loss of coolant, and the car emitted black smoke. Fortunately, it was found in time, and the fire was put out in time with a fire extinguisher. Later, 4S store replaced the engine cylinder coolant radiator pipe joint coolant hose free of charge.

When it comes to the fire, Ms. Wang still has lingering fears. According to Ms. Wang's description, at that time, she drove the BMW to work and passed through the Yuzhou Tunnel in Yubei District towards the airport, a car drove parallel to it and kept sounding its horn. Ms. Wang rolled down the window and was told that the BMW was on fire. Ms. Wang quickly pulled over and took the fire extinguisher to put out the fire, but to no avail, the fire basically covered the whole car, and then the car was called "empty shell".

According to the video posted on the Internet at that time, the car parked on the right after entering the tunnel. There was an open fire at the bottom of the car and there were signs of liquid dripping and burning. The owner got out of the car in time for help, and the flames gradually spread from the bottom of the right side of the car to the front and body of the car, and eventually the fire flooded the whole car.

Ms. Wang said that after the incident, a lawyer had been entrusted to send a letter from a lawyer to Chongqing Baosheng Automobile sales and Service Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Baosheng Company"), asking Baosheng Company to give a specific compensation plan within three days after receiving the lawyer's letter. If it refuses to do so, it will bring a lawsuit to the court in accordance with the law.

On July 22, Baer staff responded to the media that the company was currently negotiating compensation with Ms. Wang. As to whether the car fire was caused by quality problems, the staff member said that because the manufacturer's appraisal report had not yet been formed, I can't respond yet.

According to the accident recognition of the fire brigade, the cause of the fire was that the oil was ignited by high temperature near the exhaust pipe, but it is not known whether the tubing leakage was caused by product quality problems or improper use by car owners. However, according to online inquiries, there have been a lot of reports and rights protection incidents about the BMW 3-Series oil spill in recent years. BMW has also conducted several mass recalls, including 16504 domestic BMW 3-Series recalls in April 2018, and brilliance expanded the recall of a total of 312281 domestic BMW 3-Series vehicles in December 2019, including 316i, 316Li, 318i, 318Li, 320i, 320Li, 328i, 328Li, 330i, 330Li, 335Li cars. The reason for the recall is due to the risk of oil spill. The implementation of the BMW recall also reflects the official recognition of the existence of oil leakage in the domestic 3 series, which is also regarded by consumers as a common fault of the domestic 3 series.

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