NHTSA Complaint #11057135 — 2005 BMW Z4

HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING. TOOK TO LOCAL SHOP AND FOUND MULTIPLE WIRES MELTED. CONCERNED DUE TO FIRE RISK SO RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH MANY NOW RECALLED BMWS-MINE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS BUT IT'S HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS THAT I'M HAVING THE APPARENT EXACT SAME ISSUE AS THOSE VEHICLES BEING RECALLED. I SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER MY HOOD AND SMELLED A BURNING ODOR A FEW MONTHS AGO SO DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND POPPED THE HOOD-SAW NO ADDITIONAL SMOKE BUT DID SMELL SOME RESIDUAL BURNING ODOR BUT NOTHING WAS VISIBLE. THIS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 2 OTHER TIMES BUT NOTHING WAS EVER FOUND AND IT WAS ASSUMED IT WAS A SPILLAGE OR OVERFLOW. WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN THE HEATER AND A/C STOPPED BLOWING THAT FURTHER INVESTIGATION WAS DONE. THANK GOODNESS NO FIRE STARTED. STILL SCARY THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WILL IT HAPPEN AGAIN ESPECIALLY AFTER IT'S PARKED IN MY ATTACHED GARAGE! MAKES ME JUST WANT TO PARK IT IN THE DRIVEWAY AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND LOOK INTO EXPANDING THE CURRENT RECALLS!! SEEMS JUST TOO COINCIDENTAL.