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1997 Bmw Z3 Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	833669
Internal NHTSA #	10371628
Manufacurer	BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Brand	BMW
Model	Z3
Model Year	1997
File date	12/11/10
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I turned the key to start the vehicle. It started normally. I put the car in neutral (5 speed trans.) to allow it to warm-up for about 2 minutes while i checked my voice mail on my phone. As i put the car in gear and looked out the windshield to pull out of my parking space, i saw dense white smoke rolling out from under the hood on the driver's side. I looked at the dash for any warning or indicator lights; there were none. I immediately turned the car off, popped the hood, and got out of the car. I wanted to wait until the smoke was no longer rolling out before actually opening the hood, as i was afraid of introducing a rush of air if something was on fire. As the smoke rapidly increased and progressed to black smoke, i called my facility security from an emergency call box while also calling 911 from my cell phone. During the 911 call, flames became visible from under the hood. Four fire engines arrived to put out the fire. All four levels of my facilities parking deck were filled with toxic smoke which was evacuated by the fire department. The car was a total loss. The fire dept. Told me that night that the car was too badly burned to determine the cause. They supposed it was electrical. After inspecting the car, the insurance investigator did not believe the fire to be from electrical origin, but instead fuel / engine related. The car had been maintained on a regular basis. No service had been recently performed. I had not been experiencing any issues with the car's performance.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	110000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF)
City and State	WINSTON-SALEM, NC
VIN pattern	4USCH7323VLXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	30/06/24
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Vehicle speed	0
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1997 Bmw Z3 Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1997 Bmw Z3 Unknown Or Other Problems, Complaints and Defects

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