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U.S. Owners Sue BMW, Bosch Over Diesel Emission Software
A lawsuit on behalf of owners of diesel-powered BMW vehicles claim the company and supplier Robert Bosch GmbH used illegal software to evade U.S. emission standards.
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A lawsuit on behalf of owners of diesel-powered BMW vehicles claims the company and supplier Robert Bosch GmbH used illegal software to evade U.S. emission standards.
The complaint, which was filed yesterday in a New Jersey federal court, says it represents “tens of thousands” of owners of X5 crossovers and 335D compact sedans made between 2009 and 2011. The plaintiffs claim the affected vehicles emit as much as 27 times the legal limit of nitrogen oxides under real-world driving conditions.
In Germany, BMW conceded last month that it installed the wrong software in about 12,000 of its 5 Series diesel sedans. But it insists it made a mistake and was not trying to cheat. Last week prosecutors raided BMW facilities in Germany and Austria to look into similar concerns for 5 and 7 Series diesels.
The U.S. lawsuit claims that BMW knew what it was doing in the U.S. diesels and resorted to cheater software after determining it would be “impossible” to meet regulatory limits lawfully.
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