RE: <All> 93V-015 service recall notice

["Boyd, David (Neighbour Boy)" <boydd@xxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it happened to my wife.  She was driving along the road one day and
the car started driving a little funny.  Kind of like it was misfiring.
She happened to be right by Al's Auto supply so she pulled in the
parking lot.  She then heard a strange gurgling noise and saw what she
thought was smoke (it was actually steam) coming from under the dash.
So she immediately jumped out thinking her car was on fire.  The second
she jumped out, hot coolant came shooting out of the lower heat vent
right where her legs were.

The biggest bummer of the whole thing was, she had already taken her car
in to the local dealer and they had supposedly already perfomed the
recall.  So the whole incident should have never happened.  Needless to
say that turned into a big mess.  But, we were glad she didn't get
burned, I think all that pilot training gave her good reflexes.  I also
think the car acting funny was because it was starting to overheat, so
it was a good thing it was doing that otherwise she would have been just
driving along and gotten sprayed by coolant.  

- --David Boyd, boydd@domain.elided



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> From: 	Ron Milliet[SMTP:milliet@domain.elided]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, October 13, 1998 2:20 PM
> To: 	POST2Digest
> Subject: 	<All> 93V-015 service recall notice
> 
> KUDOS to Evan Arnerich for bringing this to the attention of the
> digest.  I
> almost missed it buried amongst all the
> Honda-Age-Whining-Bitching-Pissing-and
> Moaning that has consumed much of the digest recently.
> 
> I checked with the dealer and sure enough my 87 325is is on the list
> for this
> recall.  As previously mentioned, the recall(93V-015) covers a
> potentially
> harmful coolant system defect whereby hot steam could enter the
> passenger
> compartment burning its occupants.  I know this is not nearly as
> important as
> the 1/4 mile stats of a friggin honda, but I am curious if anyone has
> first hand
> knowledge of this type of failure actually occurring??  Also, any idea
> why I was
> not notified by BMW? I am the 2nd owner, bought in 92 from the very
> same dealer
> that sold it new.  Anyway, I will be taking it to the dealer ASAP for
> the
> service.  Just seems odd that we have not heard more of this on the
> digest.
> Well, maybe we have, but were too busy with other more important
> topics.
> 
> Ron Milliet
> McComb, MS
> 
> 
> 
> 

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