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VW Has Fixed 31% of Its 11 Million Cheater Diesels
Volkswagen AG says it has repaired 3.4 million of the 11 million diesels it rigged to cheat on emission tests—and is fixing the others at a rate of 200,000 per week.
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Volkswagen AG says it has repaired 3.4 million of the 11 million diesels it rigged to cheat on emission tests—and is fixing the others at a rate of 200,000 per week.
The targeted engines are members of VW’s “EA 189” family of 4-cylinder diesels. Regulators in the U.S. still haven’t approved a repair for V-6 diesels sold there that also were deemed illegal.
VW began receiving approvals to make repairs on a model-by-model basis last spring. It has since been cleared to proceed with all affected models. The company said earlier it hopes to complete all engine updates in Europe by the end of this year.
Customer reaction to the repairs has been “very positive,” according to VW. But dissenters in Germany and the U.K. are threatening widespread legal action that would force the company to pay compensation to affected owners as the company has agreed to do in the U.S.
In settlements announced in June, VW said it would pay U.S. diesel owners $3,200-$15,000 (€3,000-€14,200) and in most cases give them the additional option to sell their vehicles back to the company.
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