Feeling testy with that guy who just cut in front of you? Want to stand on your horn? Well, apparently that may not be such a good idea if you happen to be in a 2011 VW Jetta.
In the US, Volkswagen of America has announced a recall on 71,043 Jettas, manufactured from March last year to March this year, over a wiring issue layout regarding the horn and its ability to stifle things.
Yes, beep it and it could cause the car to stall, so it goes. Seems the wiring layout that controls the horn also controls the converter box, which governs the engine management system, as well as the lighting system and wipers. In rare circumstances, beeping the horn might short-circuit the converter box. Which isn’t good, presumably.
No related accidents or injuries have been reported, VW said. Until the rectification work is carried out, Jetta owners in the States will be a rather quiet lot, methinks.
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ha ha ha. A big blow to Continental fan around the world. A so – called Giant in automotive industries. Rubbish.
europe cars now~
Cars are getting so much more complicated, as a result, less reliable.
I had the ECU of my car fried twice, and ESP module fried once. And replaced under warranty. This kind of problems seems to affect both contis and japs/koreans but contis are more susceptible to these problems. Ask any Beemer 5 series drivers about their ECU and exhaust sensors issue.
GOne are the old days where u can fix a car with a hammer and a screwdriver.. Nowadays cars have sensors to look after something, and another sensor to look after that sensor. It was said a golf GTI has 57 sensors.
Progress? Yes. It is progress. Cars are much more efficient nowadays. Burns less fuel, more powerful, more comfortable. But a bit more reliability would be appreciated.
smells something fishy there. why all the car recalls only involve in US and not at other part of the world (europe, asia, africa, australia etc.)…? hmm..
at least got recall ..i send my gen 2 to recall over clock spring problem and they denied coz im not having cruise function but the fact my clockspring will honk in any random time. rubbish proton.im not a proton basher but this is how proton taking responsibilities? come on man.. think on both sides
why on earth that people just love to bash proton? this is a thread about vw recall..so bash vw here =D
honk not, lest ye shall stall be honked at…
Do you notice always foreign mades that are recalled every now and then. But, not their own mades. Do you guys seen that trend now ?
In the US, Ford didn’t do a recall but quiet rectification works on the Fiesta gb. :D
It is total recall time again…This time the claimed ever reliable VW…
no one is perfect. thats a fact. so no point getting so worked up over recalls.
Precisely.
You’d be thankful your manufacturer is willing to do the recalls before serious injury or death takes place.
Since Jetta made in Mexico!VW Mexico,USA and Germany is different story!
Please, recalls happen all the time. Ford, GM, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, VW etc. I own a Honda, Nissan and a VW. They’ve all had equal numbers of recalls.
Das Auto. Sad Auto.
Apparently VW hasn’t fixed THIS problem in any of their vehicles. I have a 2008 with less than 70k miles and the clock spring took a crap. How I found out? An old lady did a u-turn right in front of me and nearly took us out! Tried to warn her with my horn. Oh YEAH!!!! I DON’T HAVE ONE! WAY TO GO VW!!!!