NIssan recalling 2.1 million cars, why not VW?

[Quatrelle]

Nissan - "The company will exchange for free defective parts on certain models, as the fault may cause the engine to stall while running."

"...cause the engine to stall while running" - where have I heard that before??

Oh yes, VW Passats.

[DSG4ME]

Two words

Morally

&

Bankrupt

[Zeb]

VW doesn't want to lose there reputation, by sending out recalls on Passats!
I'm sure BMW did a recall on the 6 series, 5 series and I think 3 series, something wrong with their dodgy ABS system. It came on Watchdog a few weeks ago.

[rapport25]

Two words

Morally

&

Bankrupt

Loving the new Avator DSG4ME

[martin1810]

It makes you wonder what excuse VW will have if an injector fails at high motorway speed, cutting the engine instantly, and the poor driver gets rear ended and dies. Maybe that's the point. It is cheaper to fight an ocassional law suit than recall lots of cars. Let's hope we never have to find out.

[turbine2]

The cynical among us would point out that Nissan are a Japaneese manufacturer and the Japaneese car industy was badly hurt by the honda issue so they're trying to show that they're being responsible, where the other manufactures are just wanding around pointing and laughing but keeping quiet about any problems they have.
But that would just be the cynical among us.

Cynical / Realist, never sure which to use....

[patomlin76]

VW will also be thinking that because the fault occured mainly with 55-56 plate cars, the longer they leave it, the more rare it will be that they have to do anything about it... Now if an injector problem showed itself with '10 or '11 cars, that would be a different matter...

[Quatrelle]

VW will also be thinking that because the fault occured mainly with 55-56 plate cars, the longer they leave it, the more rare it will be that they have to do anything about it... Now if an injector problem showed itself with '10 or '11 cars, that would be a different matter...

Not sure about the age thing. I'm sure they've had Vauxhalls of varying ages on Watchdog in the past 12 months, the latest for failure of the power steering.

As I've said before, and Martin's just expanded, they won't do anything till someone dies.

[DSG4ME]

Nissan isn't Jap anymore, Renault own it now, and though I loath to say it, you have more chance getting a French car fixed than a German one these days, shame the reliability isn't there though, I'd have a C5 like a shot, but being a PSA car I know better than to risk it.

[Quatrelle]

Nissan isn't Jap anymore, Renault own it now, and though I loath to say it, you have more chance getting a French car fixed than a German one these days, shame the reliability isn't there though, I'd have a C5 like a shot, but being a PSA car I know better than to risk it.

Not strictly true DSG - Renault owns less than half of Nissan, while Nissan owns about 15% of Renault, so more of a merger really. It was hoped at the time that the result would be cars that had Nissan's reliability (errm) and Renault's flair. I have to admit for having a soft spot for Renaults since my first one (R4) in the '60s (so what do I know!) and follow their fortunes with interest.

Your right of course about the reliability though. The Laguna's been ok - 177,000kms now (apart from a 'box problem that Renault partly coughed up for), but some of the others before that

If you can get through the problems though, they do go on forever. My wife sold her R21 with 175,000 miles on the clock and it went on to at least 200,000 miles. And I saw a couple of R21 estates for sale at Michelin's factory in France that had been round their (kilometre) clocks, so at least 600,000 miles! Dunno if they were on the original engines. It wouldn't surprise me, they would have spent their lives on French autoroutes.