Volkswagen India is calling 389 Polo cars from a single batch of production from the month of September 2015 for inspection and preventive repair of the handbrake mechanism, as a precaution of safety measure. A couple of days back the German automaker had stopped the deliveries of the diesel Polos and now a new statement has been released that the quality assurance department of Volkswagen India has determined that under certain conditions, the handbrake mechanism would lose effectiveness.
Volkswagen has analysed the manufactured Polo hatchbacks and the result has shown that a batch of handbrake cable retention levers in the rear brake liner might break under certain conditions. Volkswagen has already identified the cars and has published the repair instructions to its channel partners across the country. Customers who own the identified vehicles are being contacted by the Volkswagen dealers to come for an inspection and preventive repair. This operation will start with immediate effect. The activity at the workshop will require approximately one hour and will be carried out at no cost to the customer.
The deliveries of the identified Polo cars in stock which had been put on hold will be resumed as and when the inspection and preventive repair of each car is completed. Volkswagen further confirms that deliveries for the non-impacted Polo range continue as per schedule. The only thing we wonder is why is it only diesel Polos.
