Lawyer Wants President Trump to Investigate BMW Over Engine Fires

It was only a matter of time before some lawyers would round up BMW owners in Korea and start launching lawsuits.  What is interesting is that they are calling on President Trump to do the investigating for them since he is supposedly hostile to German auto manufacturers:

BMW drivers in Korea sent letters to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump to urge the German and U.S. authorities to investigate the cause of engine fires in BMW vehicles, an attorney for the drivers said Monday.

The so-called “BMW fire victims group” consisting of 1,000 BMW car owners in Korea also said they are considering filing lawsuits against government officials at the transport and environment ministries for their alleged dereliction of duty.

“We decided to send letters to Merkel via German Ambassador to Korea Stephan Auer to ask the German government and prosecutors to investigate BMW headquarters for its alleged concealment of the defect,” Ha Jong-sun of Barun Law told reporters at the law firm’s office in Seoul.

The lawyer added the victims would send letters to Trump to call on him to issue an executive order to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board to initiate its own investigation into potential defects in exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) valves and coolers in BMW’s SUVs.

“Accordingly there is an immediate need to check the safety of EGR valves and coolers in X3, X5 and X6 diesel SUVs sold in the U.S. to prevent fatal car fires and save innocent lives on U.S. highways and roads,” Lee Gwang-deok said in the letter.

The victims plan to ship a burnt BMW vehicle to the U.S., as the cause of its fire has not been discovered in Korea.

They expect the U.S. president to take an appropriate measure, considering he has been hostile toward German carmakers.  [Korea Times]

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