The Golf Mk8 comes in two distinct flavors in the United States, those versions being the all-wheel-drive R and front-driven GTI. Currently priced at $44,740 and $30,530 before destination charge, both are recalled over a bit of a blunder.
On September 22 last year, Volkswagen received a report from the Wolfsburg assembly plant in Germany over a deformed strut mount. By month's end, Volkswagen received confirmation from the supplier - Boge Elastmetall Slovakia – that deformed parts had been shipped to the plant.
The Wolfsburg-based automaker then tested the R and GTI with deformed strut mounts, as well as with loosened screw connections, to assess the consequences of the supplier's blunder. Volkswagen determined that both vehicles remain steerable, and that braking isn't compromised by said issues.
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