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Your Brand-New VW Jetta Is Being Recalled Because It Could Burn To The Ground With No Warning (www.theautopian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/automotive@discuss.tchncs.de

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Volkswagen issued a recall today for nearly 50,000 Jettas built for the 2025 and 2026 model years because the factory forgot to connect a ground wire for the transmission on some models, leading to an open circuit. This circuit could generate excessive draw and eventually start an electrical fire.

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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This certainly ain't great but the phrasing is fear mongering against EVs.

The vehicle isn't even an EV.

Edit: since people usually freak out about fire hazards in EV vehicles. The danger is also quite overstated.

[–] schizoidman@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As far as I know there is no electric version of the Volkswagen Jetta

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

The average person doesn't know cars. I didn't know that, at least.

[–] Peter1986C@piefed.europe.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago

This possibly only applies to US-built Jettas.

[–] xtapa@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

In contrast to most cars, that issue a dedicated "Car will now burn down, please consider stepping out of the vehicle" warning with a legally required 10 second compliance window.