11-19-2019, 06:25 PM | #91 |
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Other BMWs catch fire too.
Just sayin'. Met some people that had an E46 wagon, of some age, catch fire. They replaced it with a new f31.
Cars catch fire, it's rare but it happens. Btw, just replaced my f80 with i3. Not worried at all. |
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I count on bmw to not have the battery fire issues that tesla has. Seeing this is pretty discouraging though. Really hope that the fire issues with electrics can be resolved
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11-19-2019, 10:05 PM | #94 |
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Better described as an exothermal event.
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11-20-2019, 01:19 AM | #99 | |
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My car will sleep in the garage, hell I even have solar panels. I can find horror articles about solar panels catching fire also. Living on the edge |
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On the other hand I’ve got enough space for an extra garage, my wife’s car is sitting inside house now. I would put solar panels on the extra garage as well or in my back yard somewhere (flower thingies perhaps) instead of on my house’s roof. I get your view though which is reasonable and fair enough. I’m not at ease now though since the root cause for burned out X5 45e is not known yet. |
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Until recently, in Belgium, primary cause of domestic housefires was the dryer ('condensatiedroogkast').
Recently this shifted towards cheap-ass chargers for phones, tablets, laptops, razors, etc as primary cause, with dryers in second place. Solar panels themselves don't present a higher risk for a fire, it's a higher risk for firefighters and possible secondary issues during a fire. Also, don't underestimate how many cars (ICE or other) that go up in flames. You just don't hear about them in the news, unless it's a new car/technology. |
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11-20-2019, 04:57 AM | #103 |
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My wife works in the insurance branch. She says, if it's not a construction fault or another problem just put it in the garage. There are more high risk devices in house, like dryers. We have a fire sensor in the place where washing machines and dryers are.
You can't imagine how many homes get burned form devices you do not expect. One of the kids bought a cheap ass iphone charger from AliExpress and it melted and almost caught fire when plugged in. So no cheap ass electrical devices anymore. But that is also not a guarantee. So long a 45e doesn't get toasted every week I will put it in the garage |
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thermal runaway
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wow thats nuts! would be hesitant to park in my garage
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I know BMW AG has explicitly asked their concessions not to relate the fire incident with the earth wire fix/issue. |
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The fire was in the front so I also think it's not related to the hybrid part of the car. They did not tell me it was related to the earth wire issue. There can be an issue with an earth wire and they know about the fix but all 45e's they have received did not have that issue. |
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Hi to all,
Many thanks to all of you who are concerned about my 3 weeks old BMW X5 G05 45e in Phytonicblue ... I also see a lot of support and people trying to understand the cause of all this. The first person who saw the smoke and quickly after that the fire says it started around the right-back wheel. As you can see in the pictures there was a strong wind from the back to the front of the car. Luckely, because otherwise their would be approx. 500 children to be evacuated. Nobody did get hurt, but the biggest problem is the 3 older cars ... the owners (colleagues of my wife) need to look for an other car with little recovering from insurance. Well, until today, there is NO information from BMW BELUX or my insurance. They are trying to meet to investigate what's left of the car. BMW Assistance / BMW BELUX provided me with a new X5 30d the day after for at least 2 till 3 months. After that we'll see. The dealer already ordered the same config for me to push BMW BELUX by inserting this order as fast as possible into production. But first I need to convince my wife to order a new one. She doesn't trust the Hybrid/battery stuff, even we are not sure to what it is related. Even the repalcement X5 30d is standing 50m from our garage/home. Even not using the car now, having the pre-heat system, when the other is completely frozen :-( To be continued ... Greetz, Filip WhatsApp +32476847239 Last edited by FilipVDA; 11-20-2019 at 08:14 AM.. |
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