database, 30 of which were filed after or original report, and after nhtsa encouraged bmw owners to but as of december, there is no active nhtsa investigation into the fires. >> i think it should be a very high priority for nhtsa. >> reporter: new jersey attorney joseph santoli says he's been repeatedly contacted by bmw owners who say their parked cars caught fire. >> nhtsa needs to bring pressure, as much pressure as they can bring. >> reporter: nhtsa stated it is in close contact with bmw in its oversight of the automaker's recalls that involve a potential fire risk and will take appropriate action if warranted. bmw representatives have declined repeated requests for interviews but in statements have said with approximately 4.9 million bmw vehicles on u.s. roads, fire incidents involving bmws are very rare and that bmw takes every incident very seriously, adding that car fires can result from a variety of external reasons unrelated to product defects. but we still had more questions. so we went to the los angeles auto show where we found the ceo of bmw north america bernhard kund

there is an agreement between nhtsa, the institute for -- insure institute for highway safety. ihhs and 20 automobile manufacture tors include the systems as standard in 2022 vehicles. just to get a better feel for that i bought an automobile recently that has these technologies in it. and they're remarkable in many ways. but one of the disappoints in a way was the tendency to sell you the car, let you drive it off the lot and put a minimum amount of time into explaining what the technologies are, what they can do. and probably as important as what they can do is what they can't do. because it's a limitations on the systems that when -- when violated can get one into real trouble. so we're focusing on getting these systems in the vehicles, implemented, and educated. and last but not least is -- as i said one third of the vehicles coming off the production line nowadays have these technologies. but about 15% of the trucks being delivered have these capability. so we have had a -- a number of heavy truck accidents that would have been prevented by this kind of technology applied