Volkswagen recalls 2.6 million cars Worldwide over Technical problems

Volkswagen ordered a worldwide recall of 2.6 million vehicles over technical problems. The setback comes at a critical time as the German giant tries to expand in the booming Chinese market and is the biggest recall in the company’s history history .

In the UK, some 30,000 of the 8 lakh Tiguan SUV models recalled are affected, as well as 30,000 other models beset by a range of relatively minor faults.

VW acted over concerns that the affected Tiguan cars have faulty fuses in their lighting circuits and 2.39 lakh Amarok pick-up trucks may have leaking engine fuel lines. Another 1.6 million cars and vans may have problems caused by the use of a synthetic oil in their gear boxes, including 6.40 lakh vehicles made for the China market between 2009 and 2013.

The blow comes at a time when Volkswagen wants to double its manufacturing capacity in China to four million cars a year by 2018. Volkswagen issued a statement saying “In isolated cases, a fuse may trip in the Tiguan resulting in the failure of one of the two vehicle light circuits. Replacing the fuse with one with a tougher surface coating only takes a few minutes.”

The affected Tiguans were built between 2008 and 2011 and the company said an electrical fuse failure may cause lighting failures on several different circuits.

Volkswagen has issued a global voluntary recall for all cars fitted with the seven-speed drives after it found that using them in hot and humid areas, such as in China and South East Asia, made them susceptible to electrical faults in stop-start traffic.