BMW is recalling more than 300,000 cars in the UK because of an electrical fault that has caused some vehicles to cut out.
The German carmaker had issued a safety call covering about 36,000 petrol vehicles last year but has extended it after acknowledging the fault could affect more cars.
The company is expected to contact directly those customers affected by the recall of the BMW 1 Series, 3 Series, Z4 and X1 petrol and diesel models made between March 2007 and August 2011.
The latest recall follows a BBC Watchdog Live investigation, which discovered that vehicles could cut out while being driven.
“We now recognise that there may have been some cases of similar power-supply issues in vehicles not covered by the original recall,” BMW said. “In order to reassure customers with concerns about the safety of their vehicles, we are voluntarily extending the recall.
“We are therefore announcing today that we will take the proactive step of expanding the existing UK recall to cover all vehicles potentially affected by the power-supply issue.”
Mwape Kambafwile told the BBC he stopped driving his BMW 3 Series car after it cut out while he was driving in December 2016.
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