Volkswagen is recalling nearly 100,000 electric vehicles, citing problems linked to battery modules.<\/p>\n
The recall notices affect nearly 75,000 vehicles from Volkswagen\u2019s ID. series – ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5 models plus ID.Buzz models – as well as nearly 20,000 Cupra Borns that were rolled off the line between February 2022 and August 2024, according to the German motor vehicle authority KBA.<\/p>\n
The number of cars affected in Ireland is estimated to be one per cent of ID models sold to date – under 200 cars – while the company said it was waiting for final figures on the number of Cupra Borns affected.<\/p>\n
To date, VW has recorded 18,403 Irish sales of its ID range of electric cars, while Cupra registered 1,578 Borns here since its launch.<\/p>\n
According to the notices issued earlier this month, modules in the high-voltage battery that do not meet specifications can result in reduced range, and there is a risk of fire.<\/p>\n
In a statement, a Volkswagen Ireland spokesman said: \u201cThere may be a reduction in electric driving range or the illumination of a yellow warning indicator in the vehicle. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe extent of any potential reduction in range cannot be stated in general terms, but in individual cases it may be noticeable. In very rare cases, there is also a possibility of thermal overload within a battery module, which in extreme situations could lead to a fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the car company said no personal injuries have been reported in connection with this issue.<\/p>\n
A software update will be run on the vehicles brought in, the high voltage battery will be inspected, and if needed, individual modules of the battery will be replaced.<\/p>\n
Customers will be contacted in the coming days to arrange the necessary steps and schedule an appointment with their service centre. – Additional reporting: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Volkswagen is recalling nearly 100,000 electric vehicles, citing problems linked to battery modules. The recall notices affect nearly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[182337,182338,39539,17955,9,10,5483,2006,182339,182340,18,142225,182341,10133,13,14,84173,6621,182342,6,182343,19,182344,17,24194,11,12,15,16,182345,136719,42313,5,3109,7,8,20014,134675,42770],"class_list":["post-402284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-182337","tag-182338","tag-39539","tag-as","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-cars","tag-company","tag-continuing","tag-dresden","tag-eire","tag-electric","tag-emobility","tag-factory","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-front","tag-germany","tag-glaeserne","tag-headlines","tag-id-4","tag-ie","tag-increasing","tag-ireland","tag-is","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-manufaktur","tag-mar","tag-march","tag-news","tag-sales","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-transition","tag-transparent","tag-volkswagen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116287187405845496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}