BMWrecalls another 312,000 cars

dealerships sell 3 Series, X1 and 1 Series models, and four of those models made between 2007 and 2011 are being marketed for sale at BMW dealerships.

Coombes Johnston BMW dealership in Tauranga is marketing an X1 model made in 2011.

‘‘We’ve received no information this morning,’’ the dealership’s general manager, Dave Briscoe, said yesterday.

‘‘I would expect if there was an issue with our cars, then we would have heard something.’’

The recall was first established after UK man Narayan Gurung and his wife crashed to avoid a broken-down BMW 3 Series car on Christmas Day in 2016. Gurung died in the accident.

The car that Gurung hit was owned by Mwape Kambafwile. When Kambafwile took the car to get inspected, he told the BBC that BMW employees told him a cable had burnt out and no current was passing through the car’s fusebox.

An investigation by BBC One’s Watchdog found the electrical fault could affect more cars than BMW had said.

Commenting on Watchdog’s investigation, BMW said: ‘‘ We now recognise that there may have been some cases of similar power supply issues in vehicles not covered by the original recall ... We will take the proactive step of expanding the existing UK recall to cover all vehicles poten- tially affected by the power supply issue.’’

BMW New Zealand has been contacted for comment.