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Originally Posted by JST
On the 3rd fire, the rumor is that it started after the car ran over a tow hitch. Would that have caused a fire in a "normal" car? Eh, probably not. But it may well have resulted in similarly disabling damage.
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How many failures were caused by the BMW aux fan switch debacle in 2001? I remember a few X5s burning up on Bimmerfest. A year ago a friend's townhouse burned down because his neighbor's S Class spontaneously combusted in their garage. Heck a bunch of 458s torched themselves because some composite part was too close to something hot. I think the fire thing is pretty overblown, but it makes for sensational reporting.
Off topic, but a friend of a friend lost his Cayman last week to an IMS failure. He missed the class action suit cut off date by less than a month. Edit, just heard Porsche is taking care of him with a remanufactured engine at their expense... $23k...