IVolkswagen South Africa isikhiphe umyalelo wokuthi kubuyiswe izimoto zabo ezingu-142 zohlobo lwe VW Polo kanye ne-8 VW Taigo ngenxa yenkinga ye-airbag yabagibeli abangaphambili. Iphutha lisemshinini ohlinzeka lala-airbag ngogesi, okungenzeka ingasebenzi kahle ngesikhathi sengozi. Lokhu kungabangela ukuthi i-airbag ihluleke ukusebenzisa noma iqhume ngamandla amakhulu, okungase kubangele ukulimala okubi kubagibeli.
Izimoto zePolo ezithintekile zadayiswa phakathi kukaDisemba 20, 2022, noJanuwari 2024. Imodeli yeTaigo ethintekile yadayiswa ngoJanuwari 29, 2024. I-VW ixhumana nawo wonke amakhasimende athintekile ukuze bahlele ukulungisa.
AbakwaVolkswagen bacela abanikazi bezimoto ukuthi bangasisebenzisi isihlalo somgibeli ngaphambili kuze kube isilungisiwe i-airbag. Bancoma ukuthi uvale i-airbag yomgibeli ngaphambili usebenzisa amasethingi emotweni noma ngosizo oluvela emagaraji abo athengisa izimoto. Ukulungiswa kuzokwenziwa mahhala kunoma isiphi isikhungo senkonzo sakwaVolkswagen esigunyaziwe.
Lokhu kubuyiselwa emuva kuyingxenye yohlelo lwezokuphepha lwakwaVolkswagen futhi lwenziwa ukuze kunqandwe noma iyiphi ingozi kubashayeli noma kubagibeli. Uma ungumnikazi walezi zimoto, kufanele uxhumane nomdayisi wakwaVW ngokushesha ongakhona ukuze uhlole ukuthi imoto yakho ayithinteki yini futhi uhlele isikhathi sokuyilungisa.