Dubai German carmaker BMW is currently evaluating whether cars sold in the Middle East are affected by the group's latest recall of 350,000 vehicles worldwide.
"At present, we are clarifying whether our cars delivered in the region are involved," Phil Horton, managing director of BMW Group Middle East, told Gulf News.
"If so, then our importers will inform their customers and start a recall," he said.
BMW, the world's biggest maker of luxury cars, said on Friday that it will recall almost 350,800 BMW and Rolls-Royce models worldwide to repair a power-brake fault. BMW stock fell the most in three months.
The problem, which tended to occur in vehicles with high mileage, was discovered in models equipped with V8 and V12 engines that are popular in the US and the Middle East.
Around 345,000 BMW 5, 6 and 7 series models built since 2002 are about to be recalled worldwide, the majority of them in the US.
A spokesman for Rolls-Royce said the company was unaware of any problems so far in its Phantom family that uses exclusively 12-cylinder engines.
Nevertheless, Rolls-Royce said it will ask all 5,800 Phantom customers to bring their vehicles to a garage for inspection.
BMW and Rolls-Royce are sold by separate distributors in the UAE.
BMW Middle East recently reported a 13 per cent increase in sales for the first half of the year 2010, saying it sold 8,096 BMW and Mini vehicles to customers in the region. Rolls-Royce said in July it saw a 98 per cent sales rise in the Middle East, without giving numbers.
