Volkswagen has issued an enormous recall of a few of its automobiles over issues the engine cowl might soften and ignite a fireplace.
The German automaker recalled greater than 177,000 crossover SUVs, together with its 2024-2025 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport automobiles, the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Security Administration mentioned on Friday.
Engine covers on the impacted vehicles could have been incorrectly put in and will come free, making contact with sizzling engine surfaces and growing the danger of a hearth, the company mentioned.
Volkswagen is encouraging homeowners to carry the automobiles to their native dealerships, the place the engine covers might be eliminated freed from cost, the carmaker mentioned.
It expects to mail notification letters to homeowners by April 18, in accordance with the NHTSA.
The protection challenge was reported to the NHTSA on Feb. 17, the company mentioned.
A number of the similar Volkswagen fashions, together with the 2021-2024 Atlas and 2020-2024 Atlas Cross Sport, have been concerned in a widespread recall final June that included 271,000 automobiles.
On the time, Volkswagen warned the entrance passenger air luggage within the crossover SUVs could not inflate in a crash, worsening the danger of significant harm.
