Volkswagen To Recall 790,000 Vehicles

com is famous for its “best”, “most” andBeetles and the 2004 R32.
“worst” lists and for the year 2006 it hasVolkswagen has earlier reported to National Highway
recorded the Most Recalled Vehicles which are asTraffic Safety Administration that the brake light
follows:switches in the vehicles to be recalled could
• Dodge Ram with 7 recallsmalfunction if they were improperly installed. The
• Dodge Durango with 6 recallsautomaker further stated that the brake light could
• Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra with 4 recallseither remain on or failed to completely function. The
• Honda Civic with 4 recallsdanger of this is that it could give other motorists with
• Hyundai Sonata with 4 recallsthe wrong braking signal which might lead to a crashing
• Jeep Liberty with 4 recallsaccident.
• Land Rover LR3 with 4 recallsAccording to Keith Price VW spokesman, in some
• Land Rover Range Rover with 4 recallsvehicles with automatic transmissions, a defective
As you may have observe no Volkswagen vehicle isbrake light could work in with the shift interlock to
included in the list but it doesn’t mean thatimmobilize the vehicle and afterwards be simply
Europe’s largest is free from recalls. It has alsotowed. He also said that the current recall is actually an
recalled some 362,000 new Beetles and Jettas due toextension of last year’s recall since the
defects found on the brake light switch. The recall hascompany “has found out that there was a broader
affected 1999-2002 Jettas and 1998-2002 newpool of vehicles that had the defective part.”
Beetles.Price added that all those with 2001-2002 New Beetles
And last Monday, Volkswagen of America Inc. hasand Jettas that have been repaired following the last
announced that it would recall 790,000 of its vehiclesyear’s recall doesn’t need to return for
due to the same problem—defective brake lightthe second time. For this year’s recall VW
switch. The said recall would involve several models ofdealers will install new VW parts particularly the newly
Volkswagen such as: 1999-2006 model years of thedesigned brake light switch for free.
Golf and GTI, 2001-2005 Jettas, 2001-2007 New