VW Recalls Vehicles in U.S. Over Air-Bag Problems -- Update
11 February 2016 - 4:37AM
Dow Jones News
By Hendrik Varnholt and Monica Houston-Waesch
FRANKFURT-- Volkswagen AG and its luxury car subsidiary Audi
said Wednesday they are recalling a total of 850,000 vehicles in
the U.S. due to problems with Takata Corp. air bags.
Volkswagen said it is recalling 680,000 vehicles from the model
years 2006 to 2014. Audi later said it is withdrawing 170,000
vehicles, adding that the recall affects models built in the years
2005 to 2014.
Volkswagen declined to comment on the cost of the recall.
The withdrawal follows an announcement from Daimler AG Tuesday
that it would take a EUR340 million ($384 million) charge on 2015
earnings for the recall of about 840,000 vehicles with potentially
faulty air bags from Takata.
Daimler said it would recall about 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars
and about 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. after auto regulator
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration notified it of
rupture-prone air bags supplied by the Japanese manufacturer.
Honda Motor Co. also said last week it was recalling 2.2 million
vehicles in the U.S. due to Takata air bags.
Anne Steele contributed to this article.
Write to Hendrik Varnholt at hendrik.varnholt@wsj.com and Monica
Houston-Waesch at nikki.houston@wsj.com
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