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      09-26-2020, 07:26 AM   #15
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Drives: BMW G05 X5 xdrive45e
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Originally Posted by Tommy11220 View Post
If I remember correctly there were photos of an X5 fully ablaze in a parking lot, if that was this particular incident. So there was no connection to the HV-battery?

There was quite some speculation at the time, vandalism, 'external-cause', etc..

Final thing what I heard was that an after-market anti-theft / tracking system caused the fire. The tracking system was unprofessionally installed by a 3rd party and caused a short-circuit.

All above is speculation. My garage never knew anything about it. Got this story (strictly off the record) from a BMW guy at an BMW event. Never got any confirmation of this story.

Since I was worried about my car (also one of the first ones delivered) I tried contacting the owner but never got an answer back.
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