There was an earlier thread highlighting the fact that there was an Australian recall campaign for the Tiguan, which related to an issue with the laser welding on the front seats.
It turns out it's not just for Australia as I've just got a recall letter from dvla (uk) for the exact same issue.
The letter says: "safety recall: 72F9 - front seat backrest."
It goes onto say that the front seat backrest weld my not be strong enough in the event of an accident. The check will take a minimum of half an hour and if found to be defective the back rests will have to be replaced and this will take two hours, but it may take longer.
To be honest I think it's pretty poor quality control from vw. Of course with anything new there can be teething problems, but given that it's something that should be well established, i.e. Seat production, I think it's a bit poor.
Just wondered if anyone else has had the letter, or had the check undertaken? I wondered what it involved in terms of stripping down the seats etc. Not too keen on the dealer pulling the seats apart really, but under the circumstances I've just got to hope they do a good job and everything is sorted without any dramas.
It turns out it's not just for Australia as I've just got a recall letter from dvla (uk) for the exact same issue.
The letter says: "safety recall: 72F9 - front seat backrest."
It goes onto say that the front seat backrest weld my not be strong enough in the event of an accident. The check will take a minimum of half an hour and if found to be defective the back rests will have to be replaced and this will take two hours, but it may take longer.
To be honest I think it's pretty poor quality control from vw. Of course with anything new there can be teething problems, but given that it's something that should be well established, i.e. Seat production, I think it's a bit poor.
Just wondered if anyone else has had the letter, or had the check undertaken? I wondered what it involved in terms of stripping down the seats etc. Not too keen on the dealer pulling the seats apart really, but under the circumstances I've just got to hope they do a good job and everything is sorted without any dramas.