A difficulty with the entrance windshield wipers of the 2016 Golf R has prompted Volkswagen to challenge a recall of the new hatch. Fortuitously for the automaker, the difficulty isn’t widespread.
A recall discover reveals that incorrect windshield wiper software program could have been put in when the Golf R was being produced. This software program challenge signifies that in uncommon instances, the wipers is probably not activated that means they won’t adjust to FMVSS 104.
Volkswagen notes that if the windshield wipers can’t be activated, it might cut back visibility for the driving force and will improve the chance of a crash.
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Investigations into the difficulty began in Might 2022 when an inner audit indicated that doubtlessly incorrect software program variations of sure physique management modules is probably not compliant with native laws. VW then carried out an evaluation of potential discipline claims associated to the difficulty and when potential discipline claims had been offered to Volkswagen’s Product Security Committee on August 31, they couldn’t be confirmed to be associated to the software program challenge. The subject was offered to the committee as soon as once more on November 2 and out of an abundance of warning, a recall has been issued.
The recall impacts simply 5 examples of the 2016 Golf R, all of which had been produced between Might 23, 2015 and June 15, 2015.
To resolve the difficulty, house owners might be notified on or earlier than January 6, 2023 and instructed to convey their automobile to a dealership the place the physique management module software program might be up to date to the most recent software program degree freed from cost.