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Volkswagen Recalls 2014 Golf GTI to Fix Stability Rods

It seems not even the Golf GTI is safe from the multitude of recalls affecting cars sold in America right now. The 2015 model year is a brand new car and it seems Volkswagen hasn't worked out all the kinks yet. The automaker recently notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that it will be issuing a voluntary safety recall affecting 2,001 GTIs in order to replace the front stabilizer rods.
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A steering issue was detected by the manufacturer, where the stabilizer link fasteners may come loose. In turn, this could interfere with the normal operation of the vehicle, which would be potentially very dangerous during the spirited driving GTIs are designed for. The problem was traced back to insufficient torque being applied during assembly of the vehicles. Just to be safe, Volkswagen will replace the front stabilizer rods on all affected vehicles.

According to the recall notice, the vehicles affected were assembled between January 27, 2014 to May 12, 2014. Since the 2015 GTI has only been on sale for a month, many of these affected cars could still be on dealers' lots. Volkswagen believes it's caught the problem early, with no drivers reporting steering problems on their new cars.

However, they did reveal this flaw was discovered in test drives during the launch event, so at least one reviewer must have had a hairy experience.

In other 2015 Golf GTI news today, the German brand's hot hatch was named winner of Cars.com’s first-ever “Cheap Speed Challenge”, which tries to find the best performance car for under $30,000.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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