VW to Recall 790,000 Cars.

[Alx]

The Car Company of the People will be sending out recall notices in April to 790,000 American purchasers of their product. The reason? A brake-light switch that may either leave the lights on or never illuminate them in the first place upon depression of the wide pedal. Affected? Glad you asked. Follow along and see if you won the lottery: 1999-2005 Golf and GTI; 1999-2005 Jettas and '02-05 Jetta wagons on the Mark IV platform; 1998-2007 New Beetles and '03-07 New Beetle convertibles, plus the '04 R32. Dang ol' dang, that sure is a mess o' switches. – Davey G. Johnson
Volkswagen recalls 790,000 U.S. cars [Monsters and Critics]

 

[Kowalski]

You have to look at this with two points of view

-One. How badly Volkswagen once legendary reliability glided into oblivion in the late nineties.

-Two. Oh well, at least now they are in a quest to repair the mess.

 

[iluvbugs1970]

Has anyone heard about this?

WASHINGTON AP-- Volkswagen is recalling 790,000 vehicles because of problems with the brake light switch.


The recall involves several vehicles: 1999-2006 model years of the Golf and GTI, 2001-2005 Jettas, 2001-2007 New Beetles and the 2004 R32. It expands upon a recall announced last year of some Jettas and New Beetles because of the same defect.


Volkswagen told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the brake light switches in the vehicles could malfunction if they were improperly installed.


The automaker said the light could either remain on or not function, which would fail to provide other motorists with the proper braking signal and potentially lead to a crash.


In some vehicles with automatic transmissions, a faulty brake light could work in tandem with the shift interlock to immobilize the vehicle and require towing, said VW spokesman Keith Price.

Kind of scary, but also not THAT big of a deal.

Just an FYI-
Chris

 

[LaArtist]

wow damn thats alot of cars..
i hope they can pull through and make better products..
this is sad

 

[Centurion]

No need to worry. The problem is an easy fix, it's not mechanical.