BMW knowingly concealed fire-causing vehicle defects: Official

After a months-long joint probe, South Korea's transport ministry and a private-slash-government team has revealed the cause of a spate of fires that affected dozens of BMW vehicles.
They say it was cooler leakage caused by a faulty engine part known as exhaust gas recirculation or EGR,... and that BMW deliberately concealed the defects.
At a press conference in Seoul on Monday, the team said the German auto giant was aware of the faulty EGR in 2015 as it established a task force team at its German headquarters to tackle the problem.
The investigation team said it's turning over its findings to prosecutors.
For BMW Korea's late recall of affected models,... the team is pressing for a separate fine of roughly ten million U.S. dollars.