Volkswagen will have to tow more than 100,000 cars.
The Volkswagen Group will have to recall more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles worldwide because of the risk of fire, said a spokesman for the German carmaker.
According to foreign media, about 42,300 owners of Volkswagen Passat, Golf, Tiguans and Arteons worldwide will be notified.
The Volkswagen Audi brand should attract 24,400 vehicles, while Seat and Skoda are also affected.
As it is known, there is a risk of fire in vehicles that connect a conventional combustion engine to an electric car and that are charged through a socket due to an insufficiently insulated high voltage battery, the spokesman added.
The KBA regulator said that “inadequate fixing of the designed engine cover could lead to contact with hot parts and then to fire”, adding that 16 such cases had been reported in Germany.