Chinese Government Investigating Quality Issues Among Volkswagen Sagitars
Amid complaints of broken rear shafts from Sagitar owners, China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has contacted Volkswagen to fix the problem.
Bloomberg reports 435 complaints were collected into the nation’s National Defective Motor Vehicle Recall Information Management Platform’s Defect Information Collection System, half of which were filed between July 30 and August 12 alone.
FAW-VW responded late last month by claiming the problems were isolated incidents (via expert analysis) and not anything on their end. The joint venture also vowed to sue anyone spreading “untrue” information about their products.
The investigation is taking place at the same time an antitrust probe by the government over price-cutting by seven transplants, including Volkswagen AG’s Audi.
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The kings of crappy parts are investigating VW for crappy parts, what a joke! This is coming from a victim of said Chinese crappy parts over and over again.
The Sagitar is the Chinese equivalent to the Jetta, a FWD vehicle. There are no reports of broken rear shafts in US cars, so what is the difference? Asia parts suppliers? Is there an AWD variant of the Jetta in China?
More laughable: VW breakdowns, or China having a department of Quality?
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