The recall constitutes just shy of one-third of the carmaker’s total vehicle sales between the affected 2009 to 2015 model years.
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“[We’re] forcing Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million vehicles in Germany”. “There are various types of engine that need fixing and different solutions will be needed”.
The government says it doesn’t know who was responsible for creating and installing the software.
Mueller, the CEO, said in his letter Thursday that a “concerted and reliable approach” by all European Union members would be in the best interest of customers. The KBA will then test the vehicles to make sure the procedure was successful. “Germany will stay the No. 1 auto country”.
The delay means that thousands of 2016 Beetles, Golfs and Jettas will remain quarantined in US ports until a fix can be developed, approved and implemented.
Surely, VW would have preferred to handle repairs as customers chose to have them fixed, rather than in a recall. “EPA will conduct our own testing to confirm this”.
Volkswagen has said around 11 million cars with the software were sold worldwide, 2.8 million of them in Germany.
Asked about the findings of the Which? survey, Mr Willis said: “I agree that the level of information to customers needs to be faster and needs to improve”.
A few analysts have said the scandal could cost Volkswagen as much as 35 billion euros ($40 billion) to cover vehicle refits, regulatory fines and lawsuits.
“The German automaker will have to recall about 482,000 Audi and Volkswagen cars with 4-cylinder turbo diesel engines”.
As Volkswagen grapples internally with the crisis, about 400 of its top executives met in Leipzig on Thursday.
This is part of the criminal investigation into alleged commercial fraud by parent company Volkswagen, the news agency. Rudolph couldn’t be reached for comment.
The European announcement follows a claim from VW’s United Kingdom boss that it is “implausible” and “absolutely inconceivable” that the company deliberately tried to mislead people over its emissions cheating software.
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The KBA said the recall, involving 2.4 million vehicles in Germany, should start at the beginning of next year and would be mandatory, meaning drivers do not get to chose whether or not to bring in their cars and vans for servicing.
