viatormundi
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I watched the tv program and read the articles posted on the forum (can german). It is highly possible that journalists found an interesting topic and dig deeper but one thing makes me believe that this issue is possibly serious. In the tv program they interview the president of ADAC. ADAC is very respected traffic safety institution in Germany and I believe them more than reporters. And ADAC claims also that there is a problem.
Well the problem is not proven yet but the current hypothesis is that by repetitive heavy braking the servo system drains too much electricity and the supporting battery or electricity system fails and servo doesn't work. And ABS becomes unavaliable too.
BMW states in the internal memo that this hypothetical situation shouldn't happen in daily traffic. But there are many of us practicing on different circuits and there repetitive hard braking is common.
Well the prosecutor and the expert team is looking at the case and ADAC is involved in the investigation. If but big if since BMW has huge lobby power in Germany, the expert team concludes that the brakes are faulty then it will cost BMW a lot to replace them and apparently they don't have a replacement solution at the moment.
Well the problem is not proven yet but the current hypothesis is that by repetitive heavy braking the servo system drains too much electricity and the supporting battery or electricity system fails and servo doesn't work. And ABS becomes unavaliable too.
BMW states in the internal memo that this hypothetical situation shouldn't happen in daily traffic. But there are many of us practicing on different circuits and there repetitive hard braking is common.
Well the prosecutor and the expert team is looking at the case and ADAC is involved in the investigation. If but big if since BMW has huge lobby power in Germany, the expert team concludes that the brakes are faulty then it will cost BMW a lot to replace them and apparently they don't have a replacement solution at the moment.
