Volkswagen Recall

VW’s Proposed Fix For The 482,000 Sold In USA Will Not Meet Emission Standards

Unable to Fix Emissions Issues

In the midst of the Volkswagen suit, fixes for the issue have emerged. However, the fixes will not make owners of any of the VW cars affected by the recall happy.

The cars sold in Europe will be having software and hardware update. In the United States, however, these fixes will not be enough to deactivate the defeat device and still have the cars operate within the legal emissions limit. When the device is not active - or when it is taken out of the equation altogether - VW cars emit up to 40 times more emissions than what the legal limit in the United States allows.

There are two fixes for the United States cars, but neither will make owners particularly happy.

The first of the two fixes is to run the cars in test mode the entire time. However, when they run in this mode for a long, sustained period of time, the cars lose some fuel economy. Drivers won't be happy with this since VW has advertised that the cars have great fuel economy, and therefore would have to spend more on fuel than they want to.

If this is the case for the fixes, then the... read article

David Goldman

VW's Commerical Vehicles Will Also Have To Be Recalled

The charges brought against Volkswagen for evading federal emissions regulations have now gotten bigger. On September 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) charged the German car manufacturer with exposing the public to harmful pollutants by installing software in diesel cars in the United States and Europe. The number of such involved vehicles was cited as 482,000, although that figure was later substantially increased to 11 million. VW has now admitted that more than one million of its commercial vehicles, which are vans and pickups, are also involved. It is estimated that the company will have to spend about 7 billion to fix the problems, causing experts to question whether VW can hold on to its position as the world's largest automaker. During the first six months of 2015, Volkswagen passed Toyota as the world leader in terms of car sales.

In the original charges against the auto company, cars of various prices were equipped with what was called a "Clean Diesel" model that saved fuel and simply ran more efficiently. The EPA called it false advertising. Expecting to save substantial fuel costs, consumers bought these models for premium prices. In addition to the American models, millions of the car sold... read article

Michael J Babboni