Cars often called back to the garage – NU.nl

In 2015 261 known recalls were published, up 26 percent from a year earlier.

V ccording supervisor RDW, on Friday published its annual report, the increase is because manufacturers more take advantage of the ability to call back cars. Also wear problems with components such as airbags, to the increase. Has such a part failure, often have multiple brands do a recall.

The RDW also actively recalls outside Europe and examine whether these failures also apply to vehicles registered in Netherlands driving around.

Takata

Include the airbags of the Japanese manufacturer Takata last year had many cars back to the garage. The air bags can explode during inflation, causing pieces of metal and plastic can fly by the car. Therefore come worldwide already at least ten people dead.

Volkswagen went through the dust because of the diesel scandal. It announced last year that worldwide millions of cars have to go back to the garage, but that will often happen this year. Soon the RDW launched at least one special test program that has been developed together with TNO to possible fraud, such as Volkswagen, to better detect

By:. ANP