December 31 news, according to a number of media reports, BMW is facing a class action lawsuit in California, the United States, on the grounds that the BMW X7 cup holder has a design defect, resulting in damage to electronic equipment and airbag control module failure.
The lawsuit was filed in orange county district court in California, where a local BMW X7 owner posted on the BMW forum that he had put a drink in the cup holder of the 2020 BMW X7, and because the lid was not changed, the drink spilled inside the cup holder.
However, the information on the car shows that the airbag module shows a fault and shows the words "repair as soon as possible".
It is reported that the replacement and repair cost of the module exceeded 2,000 US dollars (about 12736 yuan), and BMW refused to bear this cost during the warranty period.
In fact, this matter is not an isolated case, and the owner of the BMW X7 said that the cup holder was soaked in water and caused the vehicle to stall until it stopped, and the driver could not switch other gears again after switching P gears, and the vehicle was driving in the innermost lane of the highway at the time of the incident.
BMW technicians identified that the cause of the failure was that the liquid damaged the gear shift mechanism, and the maintenance cost was 2900 US dollars (about 18467 yuan).
The posts resonated and became relevant to BMW owners, whose lawyers claimed that thousands of other BMW models in addition to the plaintiff's X7 model may have the same problem.
At present, BMW has not commented on the lawsuit, and we will keep an eye on it in the future.
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