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Worldwide About 235.000 MINIs Recalled

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SlashGear reports that,
All the way over in Frankfurt there’s been an announcement that BMW has recalled some 235,000 vehicles in their Mini brand across the world, citing an electric water pump malfunction as the reason why. What happens with this water pumps is that when it’s supposed to be cooling the turbo charger, it can malfunction and cause the connected electronic circuit board to overheat. This malfunction can then cause the circuit board to smolder or outright catch fire. Mini drivers that this recall might affect should expect communication starting next month.
Of course, it is BMW's position that,
. . . there haven’t been any accidents thus [sic] far as [a] result of reported malfunctions.