Volkswagen and Mini have announced worldwide recalls of more than 534.000 cars.

Volkswagen is recalling 299.000 two liter TDI Golf vehicles, Jetta, Passat, Scirocco, Tiguan and T5 manufactured by 2009 up to and including 2012. The recall is due to possible cracks in the fuel injection system.

The company says the problem is noticeable with a fuel smell, while the problem may also appear in Audi cars, Seat and Skoda.

BMW, for its part, is withdrawing 235.000 Mini cars in which there is a possible problem with the electric water pump that cools the engine's turbo.

The recall concerns the 1,600hp turbo engine in the Cooper S and John Cooper Works that have been built since March 2006 until January 2011 and in the worst case the engine may catch fire. No accidents have been reported so far, related to the specific topic.

Source : newsbeast.gr