One Tiny Bolt Is Giving VW SUVs A Big Handling Headache

More than 85,000 MY18 VW Tiguans are being recalled because a steering rack bolt could break. The same problem affects 83,000 MY18-19 Volkswagen Atlas SUVs and 40,000 MY29-21 Audi Q3s. VW dealers will replace corrosion-prone right-hand rack bolts with corrosion-resistant versions. The average new car is held together with thousands of clips and bolts, and while having a bit of lower dashboard trim come loose might only be annoying, some of those other fasteners are safety-critical. Like the anonymous bolt hidden away in the engine bay of multiple VW Group products that’s just forced the automaker to recall over 200,000 vehicles. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() {…

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