FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen is recalling close to 30,000 natural-gas-powered vehicles in Europe to replace tanks because they cannot be properly checked for corrosion.
The automaker said it found that regular check-ups of gas tanks were currently not possible in certain countries in the European Union, without specifying which.
VW will contact owners of certain Caddy, Passat and Touran vehicles of model years 2006 to 2010 running on compressed-natural gas (CNG), to ask them to see a VW dealer for repairs, the company said on Wednesday.
VW had already in July recalled some Touran models to replace the minivans' front gas bottles, saying at the time that the recall was due to potential risks that corrosion might cause the gas tank to burst and thus create a "considerable injury risk."
