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VW faces huge recall: serious problems with the Golf VIII - delivery stopped

2020-05-18T11:08:16.404Z


VW is facing a huge recall: serious defects in the Golf VIII have been identified. The auto group has already stopped delivery.


VW is facing a huge recall: serious defects in the Golf VIII have been identified. The auto group has already stopped delivery.

  • The largest German industrial company VW is facing a recall * of its new Golf VIII
  • Software  problems with the Golf VIII lead to the emergency assistant not working
  • Whether further models and subsidiary of VW are concerned, is currently under review

    Kassel - The German carmaker Volkswagen has introduced to his new golf VIII  to a callback set. Deliveries for the new Golf VIII were  stopped by VW on Thursday (May 14th, 2020) . Since then, no new cars in the series have been delivered to end customers. The Golf production goes according to the VW Corporation anyway. But the finished new cars stay in the warehouse for now.

VW: Possible recall of the Golf VIII - that's the reason

The impending recall at the VW group is caused by software problems. In the Golf VIII,  the electronic emergency assistant eCall is affected . According to VW , reliable data transmission on the control unit cannot be guaranteed.

According to the largest German industrial group, the problem was identified during internal tests in the VW group. The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has not yet made a decision about a possible recall . However, this is expected in the next few days after the provisional stop of deliveries. To fix the problem with Golf VIII models , a software update might be enough. It remains to be seen whether this will be ordered.

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VW: The Golf VIII may be affected by a recall - there are serious problems with the emergency call assistant.

© Julian Stratenschulte / dpa

VW: A possible recall of the Golf VIII would affect thousands of customers

On Friday, May 15th, 2020, it became known from corporate circles that at least 30,000 brands of the new Golf VII  are likely to be affected by the software problems and that a recall may be pending.

The new Golf VIII  of VW -Konzerns has more teething problems than expected from the automaker from Wolfsburg. In 2019, 100,000 vehicles of the Golf VIII series were supposed to be produced at the Wolfsburg site . In the end, however, just under 8,400 pieces of the new model were completed. The VW group's employee representatives also received harsh criticism in the past week.

#Fault alarms caused by the automatic #vehicle - # emergency call system #eCall caused problems for the #fire brigade Schmallenberg (NW): https://t.co/LzN1bVaEip [4175] pic.twitter.com/kCO4IPTysA

- Feuerwehr-Magazin (@feuerwehrmag) March 7, 2019

VW: Therefore a recall of the new Golf VIII is likely

A spokesman for the company VW pointed out that it has been mandatory in the EU to install such an emergency call facility since 2018. According to the editors, this makes a recall of the new Golf VIII  more likely. According to the EU regulation of March 31, 2018, new car models in the European Union must be equipped with the eCall early warning system.

In the event of a serious accident, the operator is able to independently notify the European emergency number 112. According to the regulation, the system, which is also installed in the new Golf VII model , must also be able to be triggered manually.

VW: Not only the Golf VIII is affected by a possible recall

Not only VW has stopped delivery of its Golf VIII , car maker Skoda is not currently delivering its Octavia model. Since the model of the Czech sister brand of the VW group has a similar structure, it is likely that some vehicles could malfunction here as well. A recall could also be likely here.

In  addition to the Octavia, the Seat Leon and the new variant of the Audi A3 are similar to the basic structure of the Golf VIII . It is currently being investigated whether there are software problems with the two models.

Recall: BMW has also had to recall some of its cars recently

This month, May, BMW and Toyota vehicles were already affected by a recall. It remains to be seen whether the VW Golf-8 will go this far.

But not only in the furniture industry there have been recalls recently . Such a recall * also affected a disinfectant.

* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

List of rubric lists: © Swen Pförtner / dpa

Source: merkur

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