Crisis at Volkswagen: Giant recall at VW and Porsche overshadowed US postponement – Handelsblatt

Porsche Cayenne Sessions at the IAA 2015

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San Francisco / Wolfsburg a little more time, but also significantly more pressure: VW gets in US lawsuit challenging manipulated exhaust values ​​a postponement until April 21 – but then, the Group must urgently provide a solution. In Germany, the Passat recall delayed meanwhile continue as the dpa learned on Thursday. Also off the exhaust scandal there is trouble: hundreds of thousands of cars have for pedal problems in the workshops – as good as any Porsche Cayenne and VW Touareg, which were built since 2011.

“Given the progress I’m the. give litigants time until the next meeting “, responsible for hundreds of civil lawsuits in the US judge Charles Breyer said at a hearing in San Francisco. He made clear, however, that his patience is limited and threatened to severe consequences. Breyer had the automakers and the US Environmental Protection Agency set an ultimatum to Thursday in February, which has now been extended again.

The judge calls “specific and detailed” plan proposals for conversion or repurchase of approximately 580,000 diesel that are affected in the US by the affair manipulated emissions. He said clearly that he does not want to see more on US roads vehicles. Should the deadline not be met, he could order under threat of punishment, to pull the car out of the traffic. Breyer is in a hurry -. Now he wants to be informed on a weekly basis about the state of negotiations

“Volkswagen is eager to settle the investigations by the US authorities for diesel subject as soon as possible”, the group announced after consultation with. “We are making progress.” VW attorney Robert Giuffra protested the group working “around the clock” on a fix.

Large recalls the car industry

• again and again automaker must summon cars in the garages. In the exhaust affair Volkswagen stands with a total of eleven million affected cars in front of one of the largest actions in recent years. Examples of major recalls.

• In the diesel affair, the Federal motor Transport Authority (KBA) assigns a mandatory recall for 2.4 million Volkswagen vehicles in Germany.

• Fiat Chrysler has in North America over 1.7 million vehicles due to technical shortcomings in the workshops beordern. The reasons are errors on the steering wheel and problems with air bags.

• Because of airbag problems calls Volkswagen in the United States back 420 000 cars. Difficulties with a spring on the steering wheel could cause the airbag not being inflicted on an accident.

• Chrysler calls in the United States 1 , 4 million cars back because of a vulnerability that had revealed two hackers. Faulty software cars could be manipulated remotely.

• The Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata has dangers in total 19.2 million cars pass and thus heralds the largest ever recall the US auto industry a.

• 9, the Japanese small car specialist Suzuki motor gets around two million cars back in the workshops, most of them in Japan. Reason possible defects with ignition locks.

• General Motors is expanding its product recall because of problems of ignition locks. Affected are now approximately 2.6 million vehicles. They were mostly sold in the US and Canada. The group must be for at least 13 deaths and 31 injuries answer.

• Volkswagen brings over 2.6 million cars in the garages. Worldwide, there are quality problems. In the same month occurred because of various product recalls of South Korean car maker Hyundai Three managers of this company back.

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  Almost 7,5 million cars worldwide Toyota calls due to problems with electric windows back.

also in the home fighting the German carmaker with problems. The launch of the first large diesel recall wave delayed further. “The discussions and measurements are continued after Easter,” said a company spokesman of dpa in Hannover. VW has been waiting for just four weeks on the release of the recall by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). The action includes in Germany alongside around 160,000 VW Passat also nearly 90,000 cars from Audi and Skoda. The KBA wanted this does not immediately comment.

To be able to play the affected cars in the workshops the required new software, a release of the KBA is necessary. According to reports, possible higher fuel consumption levels are the reason for the delays in the recall plan.

Located in the VW-exhaust scandal call Volkswagen and subsidiary Porsche further 800,000 vehicles back, including about 88,000 in Germany. The identical models of the types of VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne would be ordered in the workshops because of a possibly dissolved locking ring on the bearing block of pedals that companies announced. Affected are world 390,000 Touareg and 410,000 Cayenne model years 2011 to 2016. Audi cars are not affected by this problem.

Only on Wednesday VW had confirmed that due to problems at the central electrics worldwide 177,000 Passat model year 2014 / to be recalled in 2015, of which around 63,000 copies in Germany. Both recalls have nothing to do with “Diesel Gate”.