In a surprising press release that Volkswagen has just published it was announced that no less than 11 million engines EA189 of the Volkswagen Group have software lines that falsify their emission levels when they are tested approval. We talked about nothing less than eleven million engines 2.0 TDI common-rail affected globally , sold by Volkswagen, SEAT , Audi and Skoda. All indications are that this is Euro 5 specification thrusters sold globally between 2008 and 2015 by the Volkswagen Group brands. How can this affect you?
Eleven 2.0 million engines TDI common-rail global
The cars equipped with engines 2.0 TDI pump-injector are not affected.
If your car is the Volkswagen Group and has a engine 2.0 TDI common-rail before the law Euro6 – which entered into force on 1.9.2015 – your engine software has a defeat device artificially reducing their emissions when subjected to a test cycle. The Volkswagen press release is very brief and does not make clear the dozens of questions that crowd our heads right now. And I feel that the answers to these questions are not going to like. Have these engines also breached the European Euro 5?
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No response yet. We should note that the Euro5 standard was less stringent than the American equivalent standard , the Tier 2 Bin 5. The latter is even more demanding than the current Euro6 on emissions of nitrogen oxides: allows issuance of 43.5 milligrams per kilometer, compared to 80 milligrams per kilometer of Euro6. The concentration of nitrogen oxides tested in circulation by the West Virginia University is between 10 and 40 times higher than allowed by US legislation.
They face a maximum fine of 18,000 million euros in the United States.
Volkswagen itself explicit in its press release that all Euro6 thrusters – riding an anti-pollution SCR AdBlue injection system on the exhaust – meet current environmental provisions both EPA and the European Union. Volkswagen has already provisioned 6,500 million euros to cope with possible compensation, fines, calls to review or a possible combination of the previous three. In 2014 the Group had a profit of 14,800 million euros.
What now? Is it going to affect this?
reports that Volkswagen is working on “ develop technical measures to eliminate this difference between emissions in the test and the real “. Literal words of the press release, possibly anticipating a recall of eleven million cars globally. It remains to see what technical measures will take about Volkswagen . Until this point is clarified – and how it will affect owners of a 2.0 TDI – I’m afraid you can not issue any conclusion
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Volkswagen is also in communication with the European authorities and the competent authority in Germany, the Federal Department of Transport (KBA – Kraftfahrtbundesamt). After admit the existence of this software engine 2.0 TDI , Volkswagen wants to be transparent in the investigation and solution. Keep you informed promptly of any new development. If you want to know how it all started, we suggest you read this article. We also explain how to operate the “defeat devices”.
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| The EPA Volkswagen accuses US of anti-pollution falsify the test half a million cars |
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| How they can deceive the approved manufacturers consumption? The Volkswagen case in the United States and Defeat Device |
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| 10 ways to manipulate the homologated consumption (to be so different from actual) |
| 11 million engines 2.0 TDI of the Volkswagen Group have a defeat device that distorts its emissions |
Source: Volkswagen
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