BMW Recalls 75,000 5 & 7 Series Cars Worldwide

Officials from BMW announced a recall of 75,000 of its BMW 5 Series and 7 Series model cars worldwide due to potential problems with their seat heating systems.

A BMW spokesperson stated more specifically that the heating mats in the seats could damage driver and passenger clothing and theoretically even lead to burns. The models affected were built between February 2003 and June 2004. BMW said it was writing to the cars' owners and asking them to take the cars into BMW garages to remedy the problem with the 5 and 7 Series seat heating systems.

The recall is estimated to cost BMW around $22million, the German maker of luxury cars said.