Munich. The BMW Group confirms that the Munich public
prosecutor has opened an investigation regarding a software update
which has been mistakenly allocated to around 11,400 BMW 750d and BMW
M550d vehicles. On 20 March, employees of the prosecutor’s office
searched two BMW Group locations in connection with the investigation.
As previously communicated, in the course of internal testing, the
BMW Group realized that a correctly developed software module had been
allocated in error to models for which it was not suited. Therefore
the BMW Group plans to recall 11,400 vehicles, for which a corrected
software will be made available as soon as it has been approved by the
relevant authorities.
All further steps are being taken in close co-operation with the
relevant authorities.
The BMW Group takes the situation very seriously and has a
significant interest in the circumstances being fully explained. The
company is co-operating fully with the authorities. In addition, the
company had already started an internal investigation and will
obviously forward all information gathered so far to the authorities.
The BMW Group continues to assume that the situation was caused by an
incorrect allocation of the software and does not represent a
deliberate attempt to manipulate exhaust emissions.
Many of the affected vehicles were initially sold with the correct
software and ran correctly for over two years. The incorrect software
was employed a significant time after these models originally started production.
If you have any questions, please contact:
BMW Group Corporate Communications
Max-Morten Borgmann, Business and Finance Communications,
Max-Morten.Borgmann@bmw.de
Phone: +49 89 382-24118
Glenn Schmidt, Business and Finance Communications,
Glenn.Schmidt@bmw.de
Phone: +49 89 382-24544
Media website: www.press.bmwgroup.com
Email: presse@bmw.de
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