NHTSA Complaint #11372910 — 2015 BMW X6

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 BMW X6. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE AS DRIVEN ALL MORNING AND WHEN THE CONTACT REACHED ANOTHER PATIENT HOME AND PARKED THE VEHICLE ON THE RESIDENTIAL ROAD. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE WAS EMITTING SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD AND WITHIN A MOMENT, THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENT AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT ADVISED WHY OR WHERE THE FIRE INITIATED UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACTS VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO COLLISION CENTER AND THE COLLISION CENTER ADVISED THE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.