Due to possible security flaws, Volkswagen reiterates the call for review of its popular models

Volkswagen Argentina once again called on users of several of its best-selling models due to a possible airbag malfunction.

The recall, the third since its prevention campaign began in 2020, is for owners of Volkswagen models Gol, Voyage, Saveiro, Fox, Suran, Transporter y Up! manufactured between 2006 and 2018.

Son thousands of units affected (the brand did not report the number). And although so far no accident has been reported in our country related to this possible defect, the brand has not been able to get users to go to the official workshops to carry out the repair. corresponding check.

For this reason, as a special benefit, all customers who attend to carry out the verification for this recall and who have not done so previously, will receive a completely subsidized oil and filter change.

So that the user can check if their vehicle is affected by the prevention campaign, the brand created a page where they must enter the VIN (vehicle identification number) or chassis number found on the green card of the car and at the bottom of the windshield.

If so, you must immediately contact an official dealer to arrange an appointment and have the corresponding components replaced without delay. The service is free.

According to Volkswagen, after a laboratory analysis it was detected that there is a possibility that in some of these vehicles, a batch of gas generator could degrade after long periods of exposure of the vehicles to high temperatures, large thermal amplitudes and high relative humidity of the air.

These conditions can cause the gas generator to rupture, and if the system is activated, in the event of an accident with a deceleration such that the airbag opens, metal fragments can be projected into the vehicle, with the risk of physical damage or death. for its occupants.

The German brand emphasizes that this possible failure It does not consist of the “non-opening” of the airbag nor in its spontaneous opening, but in its possible defective opening that can end up causing an injury.

This case is related to the largest recall in the history of the automotive industry, known as the Takata Case, until a few years ago the world’s largest supplier of airbag systems.

In 2014 it was discovered that the company had hidden this flaw for years, which has claimed around 40 lives, while injuring around 500 people around the planet.

Takata is an unprecedented drama in the industry, involving 19 manufacturers with 34 brands who sold vehicles with defective airbags. The business was so monumental that, at its peak, one in every five airbags placed in the world were manufactured by the Japanese company.