on 15 march 2013, china central television aired a program for the world consumer rights day. the program criticized the issue associated with dsg-equipped vehicles manufactured by volkswagen. on 17 march 2013 volkswagen group china announced on its official weibo that it will voluntarily recall vehicles equipped with dsg boxes. some sources have estimated the failure rate of dsg-equipped vehicles sold in china to be greater than 20,000 per million sold.