Buying a vehicle is not a simple transaction. It is
not as if you’ve bought a mobile phone that you can almost always replace every
time it conks out. Plus having a vehicle fail while you are using it puts you
and others’ lives in great danger. Certainly, the amount you are investing and
the amount of damage that goes with a vehicle is simply bigger.
For luxury brands, name is everything. While it is
easier to come up with a more powerful engine or break conventions with the
tech carmakers fit their vehicles, coming up with a really solid product is
hard, much more building a solid brand image.
BMW is one of the more popular luxury-performance
brands in the US and all over the world. Its cars have been known to be as vehicles
that are well-built and relatively problem-free. However, perfection is one
such difficult thing to achieve and this also affects a rather reputable
carmaker like BMW. Just this February of 2013, BMW has recalled their very
popular 3-series sedans, wagons, convertibles and coupes. According to the
recall notice it had something to do with the cable connectors, as well as a
fuse box which can make the car lose power, making the engines stall
unexpectedly. BMW has recorded one minor collision in Canada caused by the
defect but fortunately no injuries were recorded.
