Fuel injection system: Volkswagen to recall 80k Audis

BEIJING: German car-maker Volkswagen will recall 80,000 cars from its luxury division Audi due to issues with the fuel injection system, Audi said, adding around 35,000 of the affected vehicles are from China. The cars were made between April 2011 and 2012, and “in rare cases customers may notice a smell of fuel in affected vehicles,” Audi said in an e-mailed statement. China is Audi’s biggest market, but recent data showed the world’s second-largest economy grew at its slowest pace in 24 years in 2014, as luxury sales have been hamstrung by a crackdown on official corruption and lavish spending. China’s official Xinhua news agency reported that Volkswagen’s local joint venture, ChinaFAW-Volkswagen Automotive Company Limited, will begin the recall on March 20, affecting various Audi A4, A5, A6, A7 and Q7 models.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 25^th, 2015.

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