After the Scirocco, called the workshop for less than a week in China, is now the Eos also manufactured exclusively in Portuguese Volkswagen plant in Palmela, Autoeuropa, which is being collected, this time in Brazil, along with other models German builder, all with the same problem: a failure that prevents proper operation of the driver’s side airbag.

According to the information published in Brazil of Volkswagen’s site, the defect in question can mean “risk of personal injury or death to the driver due to no outbreak airbag in a collision that requires your drive.”

Vehicle collection action for the Volkswagen in Brazil involves more than 50 thousand units of Jeta models, Passat, Passat CC, Tiguan and Eos, produced in 2010 and 2011, with chassis AV13181 the BV002845. All affected vehicles share the same production platform (PQ35) used by VW models that were already being collected in China – Scirocco, Golf, Tiguan and Magotan, which is how is called the Passat in that market, manufactured between 2009 and 2014 – involving 78,000 units imported.

“It was found the possibility of breaking the cable active airbag contact Spiral background while the steering wheel is being fertilized and in the case of breaking of this component, there will be loss of electrical connection and the airbag warning light will come on panel of the vehicle, “explains the Brazilian subsidiary of Volkswagen.

Contacted by Mad Money, Autoeuropa could not answer whether vehicles sold in Portugal will also be subject to collection, or if the component causing the problem or not it is also manufactured in Portugal.

Questions raised by the Mad Money on Monday, although only relating to the gathering of the Scirocco in China, the company’s headquarters in Germany said today that it is “a preventive action of Volkswagen aimed at preventing sporadic cases detected in some customers, in which the spiral springs mounted on the steering wheel led to the airbarg warning light was activated. This component is present in all Volkswagen models built on the PQ35 platform and manufactured until 2014, in which it includes the Scirocco. ”

Autoeuropa referred to later others coming explanations of the parent, including with respect to the Eos.

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