WASHINGTON (AP) - Volkswagen of America Inc. said Monday it would recall 790,000 vehicles because of problems with the brake light switch.

"Anybody park a V-Dub on 16th?" Cory Petersen asks his fellow valets. They shake their heads. The wind must have taken one car's ticket with it, blowing at about 30 miles an hour outside the Meridian House in Northwest Washington, D.C.

VW's new chief executive boasted of the fastest-growing luxury brand in the world.

VW's new chief executive boasted of the fastest-growing luxury brand in the world.

Volkswagen of America is recalling nearly 800,000 vehicles. The automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that improperly installed brake light switches in the vehicles could malfunction.

VW's new chief executive boasted of the fastest growing premium brand in the world.

VW's new chief executive boasted of the fastest growing premium brand in the world.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Volkswagen of America Inc. said Monday it would recall 790,000 vehicles because of problems with the brake light switch. ...

WOLFSBURG, Germany — Volkswagen will introduce a wagon version of its popular Golf at next week's Geneva auto show.