This is how urban legend gets started. Unless I see something a little more concrete, I am not inclined to believe that this is a “real” issue. One person's observations, without much control or verifiability, do not constitute a fact. BMW has used the unapproved phone excuse to avoid warranty replacement; it is crap.

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