678 owners of the Volkswagen Tiguan built between 2008 and mid-2011, as well as 1,502 owners of vehicles with DQ200 gearboxes have been recalled by Volkswagen Singapore to rectify technical issues within their vehicles, as announced by by the company on Friday, Nov. 15.
According to the quality assurance at Volkswagen AG, the Tiguan’s lighting circuitry may be faulty and replacing the fuse with a tougher coating will just take a few minutes.
However, owners of vehicles with a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox (DQ200) will be required to do an oil exchange for their gearboxes, which will take about 90 minutes.
This is because synthetic gearbox oil may potentially cause electrical malfunctions in the gearbox power supply due to Singapore’s hot and humid climate, together with high frequency stop-and-go driving.
DQ200-equipped vehicles that were recalled in April 2013 will not be affected.
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