my 330 was on fire. Help!!! (archive)

At approx. 2:00 PM today, when I was just driving along in my 2001 330I, smoke suddenly started coming out from the hood. I glanced at my guages to see if everything was ok, and it was. However, I then stopped the car and opened the hood. There it was, a fire had started in the fan (radiator). Luckily I had some water handy, and it was enough to put out the flame.

I do not know the extent of the damage, but the fan is now all melted. to add to the situation, I am 300 miles from Home. I called BMW, and they will not have a tow truck ready until the morning, and since I have to be present when that happens, I am stuck here in Atlanta, and wll have to miss work tomorrow.

Good thing is BMW said they will cover up to $750 of expenses we incur while down here, so you better believe we are milking them for all we can.....actually, I get to stay at a real nice hotel and food is free so it is not bad......but now I have felt a little disappointed with my car. Three months old, 5000 miles..something real bad could have happened to the car if I did not have that water handy.

ANYWAy, SORRY for the long post, but in cases like this, what will BMW do for me? How can I be sure this will not happen again? I dunno about you guys, but after seeing the bimmer on fire, I will not feel confident about taking it anywhere anymore. What are my options? BTW, the car is leased.

Follow Ups:

Re: my 330 was on fire. Help!!! Harry 20:00 9/23/2001 (0)
Uhm, have you heard about the recall? You're 1 of 100's or 1,000's-n/t 18:58 9/23/2001 (2)
- Re: Uhm, have you heard about the recall? james 19:03 9/23/2001 (1)
  - There's a recall to the recall to the recall They're on v3.0 now?-more 20:23 9/23/2001 (0)

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