Vibrations Opening Child Door Locks in 2016 Volkswagens

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#recall #safety #body
Author
Scott McCracken
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carcomplaints.com
An overhead view of a parking lot with cars neatly lined up inside parking spaces.

Volkswagen just can't seem to catch a break. Well, unless you count their child door locks. Those are breaking all over the place. Simple vibrations are disengaging the rear door child locks in many 2016 VWs, prompting a recall.

"A molding problem caused the locking mechanism to be improperly manufactured causing the position retaining mechanism inside the door lock to break"

That's a problem, especially for my toddler where her seat-kicking-snack-throwing-booster-seat-bouncing routine creates much more than a simple vibration.

The 2016 CC, Golf R, Tiguan, and eGolf are all involved. For specific build dates, visit CarComplaints.com.

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