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":363434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[164064,164065,44586,11223,3013,739,164066,164067,110342,164068,55659,84507,292,164069,42,164070,164071,12269,164072,116703,15833,43,16543,40,38,41,39,113015,114696,15467],"class_list":["post-363433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-164064","tag-164065","tag-44586","tag-as","tag-cars","tag-company","tag-continuing","tag-dresden","tag-electric","tag-emobility","tag-factory","tag-front","tag-germany","tag-glaeserne","tag-headlines","tag-id-4","tag-increasing","tag-is","tag-manufaktur","tag-mar","tag-march","tag-news","tag-sales","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-transition","tag-transparent","tag-volkswagen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}