Volkswagen said that no software constituting an improper defeat device is installed in vehicles with EA288 EU5 as well as EU6-engines in the European Union.
Consequently, new vehicles of the Volkswagen Group offered within the European Union with those engines comply with legal requirements and environmental standards.
Volkswagen AG is systematically reviewing this issue worldwide. The group strives for a holistic solution for complying with the respective valid standards.
Volkswagen Group has confirmed that new EU6-compliant vehicles offered within the European Union fulfill all legal requirements and environmental standards.
Volkswagen customers can visit the corporate websites such as http://www.volkswagen.de/info, which was set up on 2 October and enter the chassis number of their vehicle to find out straight away whether their vehicles are affected. Similar customer websites are active in the other EU countries and for the Audi, SEAT and Škoda brands.
Work on the technical solutions detailed in the plan of measures is currently proceeding at full speed. Remedial action on the vehicles will begin in January 2016 – at no cost to customers.
The measures are currently being developed for each affected series and each affected model year and will first be presented to the responsible authorities.
Volkswagen will subsequently inform the owners of these vehicles over the next weeks and months.
| Media reports suggest Volkswagen may offer exclusive exchange deals in Germany-only for part-exchanging cars affected by the diesel scandal.
This would ease pressure on dealers to do extensive and expensive retuning and refitting on affected models and help sales in its biggest market, but its likely to lead to pressure to do the same in other markets including the UK and contravene EU law. |
