Volkswagen of America has issued a stop-sale on the all-wheel-drive variations of its new Taos compact crossover, telling sellers this week to halt gross sales of the fashions as a result of “a difficulty could trigger the car to close off whereas in use.”

U.S. sellers had been knowledgeable of the unidentified drawback Monday, Mark Gillies, a spokesman for VW, confirmed, including that the German firm “is now following the required NHTSA reporting time-frame.” He mentioned he was unaware of any accidents associated to the surprising shutdowns.

The discover despatched to sellers mentioned prospects with Taos autos outfitted with VW’s 4Motion awd system alleged that their car’s engine “has shut off unexpectedly when coming to a cease.” The discover mentioned that VW was “engaged on a restore to deal with the difficulty; presently a restore is just not obtainable.”

VW launched the 2022 Taos within the second quarter and bought 4,939 in its first months on vendor heaps. The Taos is certainly one of two VW compact crossovers, together with the Tiguan, the model’s highest-selling car within the U.S., and begins at a lower cost with much less commonplace tools.