Volkswagen recall in service over 384.000 vehicle selled in China to
fix a fault in the DSG transmission. This problem could cost the german
group more than 600 million dollars.
Volkswagen Group has initiated a recall action record, nearly 385,000
cars following the return in service, after the German company engineers
have discovered, with the help of the Chinese authorities, a problem at
the level of the speed.
Affected by the recall campaign in service are versions with DSG
automatic transmission with seven gears of several models such as the
Golf, Scirocco, Bora, Touran, Passat, Octavia and Audi A3 constructed
between 2008 and March 2013.
According to technical analysis, the cars could be affected by a loss of
power during acceleration. According to Automotive News, quoting a
specialist of the company LMC Automotive recall will cost the
Germans from Volkswagen more than 450 million euros, costs per car
ranging between 3,000 and 10,000 yuan (350-1200 euros). Components-speed
faults will be replaced free of charge.
VW, the biggest european car manufacturer, shipped last year 2.8 million
vehicles on the Chinese market, up 25% over the previous year, the
production of 2.6 million units in China. Operating profit in 2012 in
this country is 3.7 billion euros.
China is the world's largest car market worldwide.
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