Teen gets locked inside of her car and can't get out.......dies from heat exhaustion

[SwagKingKong]

this is really sad, I feel for the family RIP

I aint never buying a car that you cant manually roll the windows down and also not one where you cant unlock the car from the inside, shyt dont make sense.

and for safety I'll keep a hammer in my glove compartement, i refuse to go out in one of those death traps

 

[Day_Walker]

Time to sue BMW and get paid.

This girl might be retarded though. It has a pull up lock and a horn,

The locks are flush with the door when locked (can't pull them up). It usually unlocks when you pull the door handle or central locking button in the middle. Had the same shyt happen to me in a bmw.

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

Wow and the horn didn't work unless the key was inserted? That's horrifying.

Not too sure if this is inherently a German car thing but most any German car I've messed with from the early 90's on has been this way.

Feel bad for her family, but something is awry w/ this.

 

[flusterose]

she didnt have a cell phone?

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

fukked up indeed, but I don't think the family would have much of a case if the locking feature was outlined in the manual

 

[Hiesenberg]

Shoulda got a Subaru

 

[Teko]

Time to sue BMW and get paid.

This girl might be retarded though. It has a pull up lock and a horn,

I have a similar car; The car doesn't have a traditional key. Its an immobiliser that is specific to each car and without it, the car is basically dead: no horn, no aircon and u cant even move the wheels. the lights will only stay on for 20 minutes at a time. The windows are impossible to break or even open without a hard object like a a big hammer and it gets exponentially harder if you have anti-hijack windows.
The only way of opening the car from the inside is through the central locking button or opening the driver's side door but i suspect this was the malfunction they wrote about in the article.

 

[aRoMaN21]

***snorts 39seconds**

If the locks and shyt didnt work, the pop trunk show as hell wasnt gone work, 328i's 1 of its biggest problem is the trunk release malfunctioning, its a reason why it was 11,000

but isnt that what an emergency manual release is for? they usually are located in the trunk in case someone puts you in there.
im surprised bmw doesnt have one of those

 

[MoneyTron]

but isnt that what an emergency manual release is for? they usually are located in the trunk in case someone puts you in there.
im surprised bmw doesnt have one of those

It does. Its federally mandated for every car with a trunk.

 

[MoneyTron]

this is really sad, I feel for the family RIP

I aint never buying a car that you cant manually roll the windows down and also not one where you cant unlock the car from the inside, shyt dont make sense.

and for safety I'll keep a hammer in my glove compartement, i refuse to go out in one of those death traps

What car comes with manual windows these days?

 

[aRoMaN21]

It does. Its federally mandated for every car with a trunk.

watch bmw tell that to the family and the lawsuit get thrown out cuz the daughter was ignorant.

 

[MoneyTron]

watch bmw tell that to the family and the lawsuit get thrown out cuz the daughter was ignorant.

Nah, she couldn't get to the trunk if the back seats don't fold. My 335 doesn't have folding rear seats. Its an option because everything on German cars is an option.

 

[Family Man]

What a terrible story.

 

[Mowgli]

I have a similar car; The car doesn't have a traditional key. Its an immobiliser that is specific to each car and without it, the car is basically dead: no horn, no aircon and u cant even move the wheels. the lights will only stay on for 20 minutes at a time. The windows are impossible to break or even open without a hard object like a a big hammer and it gets exponentially harder if you have anti-hijack windows.
The only way of opening the car from the inside is through the central locking button or opening the driver's side door but i suspect this was the malfunction they wrote about in the article.

Time to get that settlement money. Car is literally a deathtrap

 

[Da King]

Time to get that settlement money. Car is literally a deathtrap

BMW