Recall to affect 8.5m VW diesel cars in EU
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German authorities yesterday ordered a recall of all Volkswagen cars fitted with emissions test-cheating software, a decision that will affect 8.5 million VW diesel vehicles across the 28-nation European Union.
The Federal Motor Transport Authority announced that the recall would affect 2.4 million vehicles in Germany. Under EU rules, cars that are cleared in one country are automatically approved across the bloc, so the repeal also affects Volkswagen vehicles elsewhere in the union.
Austria has already said some 363,000 VW cars there are affected by the recall.
Volkswagen said in a statement that it would approach customers, who can already enter their car鈥檚 serial number on a special website to find out whether it is affected. Apart from the company鈥檚 VW brand, Audi, SEAT and Skoda cars can also be checked.
The fix will be free for customers, it said.
German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Volkswagen would have to present replacement software for certain cars that have a 2.0-liter diesel engine this month and begin fitting vehicles with them next year.
鈥淰W is ordered ... to remove the software from all vehicles and to take appropriate measures to ensure that the emissions rules are fulfilled,鈥 Dobrindt said in Berlin.
The dpa news agency reported that the transport authority, which answers to Dobrindt鈥檚 ministry, rejected a Volkswagen proposal for a voluntary recall.
Dobrindt refrained from publicly criticizing Volkswagen, saying cooperation with the German automaker was 鈥渆xtraordinarily good.鈥
He indicated that the recall may last through next year because vehicles fitted with smaller 1.6-liter diesel engines will require physical adjustments rather than just a software update.
Those hardware changes, which may not be ready before September 2016, will determine the timeline, he said.
In a letter to Dobrindt, Volkswagen鈥檚 Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said the recall would 鈥渟tretch through the 2016 calendar year.鈥
The company recently disclosed the existence of further suspect software in 2016 diesel models. Dobrindt said additional tests were under way that would include examining emissions outside the lab.
Volkswagen has said around 11 million cars with the software were sold worldwide, 2.8 million of them in Germany.
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