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BMW AND CPSC ANNOUNCE VOLUNTARY RECALL OF SLIDECARVER

Woodcliff Lake, NJ - August 25, 2004... In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, BMW of North America, LLC is recalling 161 Slidecarvers sold though its dealers and on-line. Customers are asked to stop using the Slidecarver immediately and return the product to BMW dealers for a full refund.

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Woodcliff Lake, NJ - August 25, 2004... In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, BMW of North America, LLC is recalling 161
Slidecarvers sold though its dealers and on-line. Customers are asked to stop
using the Slidecarver immediately and return the product to BMW dealers for a
full refund.

In addition to a full refund, customers will receive a $200 gift certificate
that can be redeemed for BMW lifestyle merchandise at the dealership where the
product was purchased.

The Slidecarver is a three-wheeled scooter with adjustable hydraulic twin-disc
brakes, front and rear wheel steering system and a folding mechanism.

The product, sold from December 2003 until July 2004, could have been made with
a component that does not meet manufacturing specifications. The supplier did
not follow specifications and changed the manufacturing process on a front
structure part from a forging to a casting. The cast parts do not meet impact
resistance standards. If a Slidecarver with a cast front structure runs into a
rigid object with significant force (e.g., a curb), breakage to that structure
could occur. Breakage of the front structure may cause the operator to lose
control and result in a fall, possibly causing injuries.

The company has received one report of an incident with minor injuries.

The Slidecarver, is no longer produced or sold through BMW.

Customers with questions about this recall can contact 1-800-831-1117.


BMW Group In America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975.
ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW
Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial
service organizations for the BMW brand, the MINI brand, and the ROLLS-ROYCE
brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, an industrial design firm in California; a
technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the
country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's
global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all
Z4 Roadster and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles. The BMW Group sales organization
is represented in the U.S. through networks of 340 BMW passenger car centers,
327 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 148 BMW motorcycle retailers, 76 MINI
passenger car dealers, and 25 ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding
Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North, Central and South America,
is
located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the Internet
at:

www.bmwusa.com
www.bmwmotorradusa.com
www.miniusa.com
www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com

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