BMW USA agrees to recall 30,000 cars with faulty pollution controls

The vehicles involved in the recall are 1995 models from BMW’s 5, 7 and 8 series. BMW will notify owners of the cars, inviting them to have their cars repaired, at no charge.

BMW’s agreement to the recall comes only weeks after Toyota refused to a recall when faced with a similar problem (see related story).

Faulty emissions monitoring by vehicles’ on-board computers has resulted in the EPA negotiating several recall agreements with US car manufacturers.