NHTSA Complaint #11440885 — 2018 BMW X5

UNKNOWN OR OTHER issue reported to NHTSA

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Fire

Complaint Details

ODI Number	11440885
Vehicle	2018 BMW X5
Component	UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Date of Incident	October 29, 2021
Date Filed	November 18, 2021
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	Yes
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	VA

Consumer Description

Battery charger trigger a fire. It's BMW genuine DELPHI which comes with car. after charging my car, I unplug it from my car and put on top of plastic ice box before left my garage. Once i'm back to home there was a fire inside of garage. Fire started from battery charger head and it melt plastic ice box and spread to upside of drywall & shelve of garage. there was no damage power cable & plug part of charger.

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