vw recalls vw's for being too much like lamborghinis, with true supercar levels of immolation

Kinja'd!!! "SantaRita" (SantaRita)
02/02/2015 at 12:07 • Filed to: None

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SUMMARY:

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Jetta vehicles manufactured March 28, 2014, to November 24, 2014, 2014-2015 Passat vehicles manufactured April 7, 2014, to November 18, 2014, 2015 Golf and GTI vehicles manufactured July 1, 2014, to November 20, 2014, and 2014-2015 Beetle and Beetle Convertible vehicles manufactured March 31, 2014, to November 27, 2014. A sealing cap at the fuel rail may fail, allowing fuel to leak into the engine compartment.

CONSEQUENCE:

A fuel leak, in the presence of an ignition source, can result in a vehicle fire.


DISCUSSION (3)


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > SantaRita
02/02/2015 at 12:13

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Im not sure who's designing the fuel systems for VW these days, but they need to be sacked. Between this, the TDI fuel line cracking issue and the HPFP exploding issue...they haven't been on a role lately.


Kinja'd!!! SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > SantaRita
02/02/2015 at 12:14

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Is it safe to assume that the cars made after November 2014 just haven't hit dealers yet?


Kinja'd!!! SantaRita > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
02/02/2015 at 12:21

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hopefully thats when they changed manufacturing process