850,000 VOLKSWAGEN AND AUDI CARS RECALLED DUE TO TAKATA AIRBAGS

As if the emissions scandal wasn’t enough, Volkswagen AG now has to deal with the recall of 850,000 vehicles in North America (about 185,000 in Canada) due to defective airbag inflators made by Takata.

This recall comes well after those announced by other automakers. Why? According to The Detroit News, Volkswagen AG wrote a letter to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on February 9th saying the request to recall most VW and Audi vehicles may be overboard. As a matter of fact, their airbag inflators were made at Takata’s factory in Freiberg, Germany, and they have not experienced failures like those made in the U.S. and Mexico.

In the letter, Volkswagen AG said that both the Mexico and U.S. factories have had problems controlling humidity, which has been blamed for causing the inflator failures. For the NHTSA, though, it apparently makes no difference, so the German automaker has agreed to recall its vehicles.

Affected models include:

Audi A3 (2005-2013)

Audi A4 (2006-2009)

Audi A5 (2010-2011)

Audi Q5 (2009-2012)

Volkswagen CC (2009-2014)

Volkswagen EOS (2012-2014)

Volkswagen Golf (2010-2014)

Volkswagen Jetta (2010-2014)

Volkswagen Routan (2009)

Source : http://www.auto123.com