BMW of North America is recalling diesel vehicles* equipped with an Exhaust Gas Recirculation module with an integrated cooler. The EGR cooler may leak internally, causing coolant to mix with diesel engine soot. The high EGR temperatures may result in these particles smoldering and melting the intake manifold.
Dealers will replace the Korean KORENS EGR cooler with one from another unnamed supplier and inspect the intake manifold, replacing it as necessary, free of charge as required by law. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed January 12, 2022. This recall includes all vehicles previously recalled under 18V-755. (NHTSA Fines BMW $40M for Late Recalls, False Info; BMW Follows Toyota by Paying $3 Million Fine for not Reporting Safety Defects within Five Days to NHTSA) Continue reading
December 7th 1941, a Date that Will Live in Infamy
Detroit then became the arsenal of Democracy.
Early Sunday morning December 7th 1941, Japan attacked installations in and around Pearl Harbor. They killed 103 civilians and 2,335 military personnel – 2,008 Sailors (1,177 from the USS Arizona), 109 Marines, 218 Army. Japanese pilots, submariners damaged 19 ships and damaged or destroyed 300 aircraft. The USS Arizona, Oklahoma, Utah were complete losses.
On December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress, saying the attack on Pearl Harbor (along with attacks on Wake Island, Guam, Midway Atoll, and the Philippines) were “a date which will live in infamy.” One hour later, without Republican obstructionism or filibusters or attacks on voting rights and democracy, Congress passed a formal declaration of war against Japan (Public Law 77-328, 55 STAT 795) by a vote of 82-0 in the Senate and 388-1 in the House of Representatives. Jeannette Rankin [R-MT] cast the dissenting vote. The United States joined Great Britain, France, Russia against the Axis fascist and imperial powers that included Germany, Italy, and Japan. Continue reading →