VW Suspends Production in Germany Amid Transmission Shortage
The auto maker is shutting down three plants that build seven models, combined, until the transmission pipeline fills up again.
VIENNA – Volkswagen will suspend production at some German plants for two days owing to a shortage of DSG transmissions.
With VW’s transmission factory in Kassel unable to make enough DSG gearboxes, the auto maker’s main car plant in Wolfsburg will suspend production Oct. 21 and Oct. 24, idling some 9,000 employees.
Tiguan assemblies at Wolfsburg suspended.
VW manufactures the Golf, Golf Plus, Tiguan and Touran models in Wolfsburg.
The Wolfsburg assembly plant is not the only affected VW site.
The Emden facility, which produces the Passat, and the Zwickau factory, which makes Golf and Passat models, also will halt production for two days.
The Kassel facility operates at full capacity.
It works on weekends and public holidays, and production continued there during the summer holidays.
The plant plans to build about 3.9 million transmissions this year, up 15% from 2010.
This year’s target includes more than 1.7 million DSG transmissions.
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