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Tiny supplier struggles with VW parts fix.(News)

Automotive News Europe,  February, 2003  

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Bremi Auto-Elektrik, a small, family-owned German supplier, is working overtime to make ignition coils to replace faulty ones on 850,000 VW group cars worldwide.

Bremi's German employees are working three shifts a day, six days a week, said Steve Keyes, director of corporate communications for VW of America.

Failed coils have brought complaints from owners, particularly in the USA.

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Bremi, based in Kerspe, Germany, is the supplier of coils on VW gasoline engines. Cars affected include Audi, VW, Seat and Skoda models with 1.8-liter, four-cylinder, V-5, V-6 and W-8 engines in ...

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