New anger at Volkswagen: VW and Porsche call 800,000 vehicles back – Tagesspiegel

Located in the VW-exhaust scandal call Volkswagen and subsidiary Porsche back further 800,000 vehicles. The identical models of the type VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne would be ordered in the workshops because of a possibly dissolved locking ring on the bearing block of Fußhebelwerks the companies announced on Thursday.

In Germany were nearly 58,000 Touareg and over 30,000 Cayenne affected , “The issue has been identified in internal investigations and already parked in current production,” it said. The procedure will take less than half an hour to complete

Even Passat models must VW Recall

And that is not the first message to callbacks from VW. Only on Wednesday it became known, that 63,000 copies of the younger VW Passat have in the workshop. The triggers are problems at the central electrics. Of these 63,000 vehicles but about 15,000 had already been examined in the usual inspection on the issue, said a spokesman. One might incorrectly seated connector can cause engine failure. In an emergency, then goes out at night may also light.

After all: In California VW gets in the exhaust affair postponement

In the exhaust affair Volkswagen has it get some air: The US District Court in California has given the company until April 21 postponement , If until then between VW, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice, no agreement had been reached, the court was considering a summer trial, Judge Charles Breyer said Thursday. In the previous discussions between the parties, substantial progress had been made. However, There is still technical problems with the implementation of an agreement.

VW had admitted to having used an illegal software. This detects whether a diesel vehicle is put to the test and holds only the emission limits a. Insiders had told Reuters in advance of the hearing, the Wolfsburg-based group and the EPA have made progress, would need to reach an agreement but a few more weeks. On Thursday, the deadline expired, the District Judge Breyer had the two parties set to find a compromise on repair or repurchase of 580,000 affected diesel cars. ( dpa / RTR)