A desperate mum frantically scrambled to save her baby and toddler from her BMW after it erupted into a fireball on a busy dual-carriageway.
Sara Longley's BMW 3-Series lost power suddenly and smoke started pouring through the air vents.
The 34-year-old PR worker stopped the car but within minutes, flames roared from the bonnet.
The mum dashed to save nine-month-old Eleanor and three-year-old Adam on the roadside of the busy A1 in Lincolnshire.
Speaking to Lincolnshire Echo , Sara said: "My husband said he saw smoke coming out of the car so I just stopped, and we pulled out the kids.
“From losing power to the car being on fire, it was only two minutes.
“All that’s going through your head is you have to get the kids out.
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“I tried to get Eleanor out but I couldn’t open the door because the child-lock was still on – that was a real moment of panic.
“Luckily my husband didn’t panic and he turned the ignition off and we got both the kids out.
“I saw the flames and we were very lucky – the wind was blowing the fire away from us.
“Adam didn’t really know what was going on, but it was scary for Eleanor to see the car in flames, the tyres were exploding so there were loud bangs as well.”
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Sara and husband Stuart since complained to BMW, which has recalled the model across the world.
“Who expects their car to spontaneously catch fire,” Sara, of Stanstead, Essex, added.
She and her clan were travelling to Grantham, Lincolnshire, to see family when the horror unfolded last week.
BMW says the fault was caused by a flammable coolant to leak from the exhaust gas recirculation cooler on to the hot exhaust system near the engine.
The vehicles affected by the recall include petrol and diesel models of the 1 Series, 2 Series, 3 Series, 4 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series and 7 Series, as well as the X1, X3, X4, X5 and X6 SUVs.
A spokesman for the German firm told Mail Online : "We were concerned to hear about what happened to Mr Longley and our customer service team has been in close contact.
"We have asked his insurer for permission to carry out a thorough investigation as soon as possible to determine the cause of the fire."
