After driving 7 miles, with no warning indicator lights or high temperature registering on a gauge, a fire started in the fan area and burned through the cowling above the radiator. the flame was extinguished with water after the cowling was destroyed.*ak
This entire model run of this high performance car is now exhibiting significant flexing and weakening of the aluminum frame due to a design failure. this is causing the chassis to bend at the area of the shock tower crowns, and change the alignment of the car. aluminum chassis can not be fixed, they have to be replaced. the cost of this design flaw is around $80,000 per car once the chassis gives way. you can see a full review of the problem here: http://www.bmwz8.us/vbb/showthread.php?t=400&referrerid=2. *ak
My vehicle is a bmw z8. it has come to the attention of the bmw z8 owners and myself that there is an inherent aluminum frame failure issue that is known but not being addressed by bmw na. upon traveling over a pothole the aluminum frame members in the front (shock towers) are known to bend causing irreversible damage to the al frame. bmw na has not developed a fix/repair for this problem and or addressed potential loss of frame integrity that bmw z8 owners can face. bmw na has also not developed a preventative maintenance modification or fix that ...
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