Bmw X5, X6, 730d/740d, 520d, X3 2.0d, 116d/118d/120d/123d Hatch, 118d/120d/123d Convertible/. Published by the European Safety Gate as A12/1107/13 on 23 August 2013. Risk: Fire.
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Portugal notified the European Union's Safety Gate rapid alert system about a BMW X5, X6, 730d/740d, 520d, X3 2.0d, 116d/118d/120d/123d Hatch, 118d/120d/123d Convertible/ on 23 August 2013. The Commission records the risk level as serious risk, with the hazard recorded as fire. The vehicle is recorded as originating in Germany. Twenty-seven member states share this system, and an alert raised by one is visible to all of them.
| Field | As the Safety Gate records it |
|---|---|
| Case | A12/1107/13 |
| Report | Report-2013-033 |
| Brand | BMW |
| Model | X5, X6, 730d/740d, 520d, X3 2.0d, 116d/118d/120d/123d Hatch, 118d/120d/123d Convertible/ |
| Risk level | Serious risk |
| Hazard | Fire |
| Notified by | Portugal |
| Origin | Germany |
| Published | 23 August 2013 |
| Read by this site | 24 August 2026 |
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BMW X5 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. BMW X5 is named on 57 American notices, 88 Canadian, 54 British, 12 Japanese and 113 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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BMW elsewhere in this register
BMW is named on 249 notices in the copy of the European Safety Gate’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- A12/1128/13 · 30 August 2013 · 1 series, 5 series, 7 series, X3, X5, X6 · Fire
- A12/1218/13 · 13 September 2013 · F700GS and F800GS · Injuries
- A12/0848/13 · 12 July 2013 · C650 GT · Injuries
- A12/0760/13 · 28 June 2013 · 3 Series · Injuries
- A12/1758/13 · 6 December 2013 · F800s, F800st · Injuries
- A12/1759/13 · 6 December 2013 · K1600gt, K1600gtl · Injuries
- A12/1815/13 · 13 December 2013 · X3 · Injuries
- A12/0326/13 · 15 March 2013 · X5 4.8i · Injuries
The same risk: Fire
679 notices in this register name Fire. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- A12/1261/14 · 22 August 2014 · MonoControl CS Gastank · Fire
- A12/1624/14 · 17 October 2014 · Verso · Fire
- A12/1619/14 · 17 October 2014 · Fiesta · Fire
- A12/1696/14 · 31 October 2014 · Lexus IS, GS and LS · Fire
- A12/1731/14 · 31 October 2014 · XG500, XG750 · Fire
- A12/1853/14 · 28 November 2014 · Zafira · Fire
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