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Volkswagen recall orders worldwide 2 cars over 6 million technical problems.
Europe's largest automaker Volkswagen ordered a global recall of 2 vehicles 6m on technical problems.
The costly setback comes at a critical time as the German giant is trying to develop the Chinese market booming and is the largest recall of VW's history.
In the UK, about 30,000 of the 800,000 Tiguan SUV models recalled are affected and 30,000 other models beset by a range of relatively minor offenses.
But the scale of the recall is eclipsed by Toyota's record recall 10 million cars in 2009 and 2010, caused by fears over sticky gas pedals and floor mats.
VW has acted on concerns that the vehicles concerned have Tiguan defective fuses in their lighting systems, and 239,000 Amarok pickup trucks can leak engine fuel lines.
An additional 1 6 million cars and light trucks may have problems caused by the use of synthetic oil in their gearboxes, including 640,000 vehicles manufactured for the Chinese market between 2009 and 2013.
The blow is that VW wants to double its production capacity in China to four million cars a year by 2018, helping it to become the biggest car company in the world by sales.
In a statement, VW urged homeowners to contact their local dealers and declared in isolated cases, a fuse may TRIOP in the Tiguan resulting in the failure of one of the two vehicle lighting circuits.
Fuse replacement by a surface coating lasts only takes a few minutes.
Tiguan built between 2008 and 2011 are affected and the company reported an electrical fuse failure can cause light outages on different races.
An additional 1 6 million cars and light trucks to be recalled on issues ranging from leaky fuel lines to incorrect gear oil.
VW has issued a worldwide voluntary recall for all cars equipped with the drives in seven reports having found that their use in hot and humid areas, such as China and Southeast Asia, making them sensitive to electrical faults in the stop-start traffic.
Chas Hallett, editor of What Car's chief says it's a great reminder for pure car volumes.
But recalls happen all the time in the automotive industry, and they're always in matters of safety or reliability.
At the end it won t hurt Volkswagen and if you own a car as long as you get the work done as quickly as possible, there is nothing to fear.
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