Audi, Porsche And Volkswagen Have Recalled 850,000 V6 And V8 Diesels Over Dubious Emissions

The VW Group had previously claimed that its larger diesels were emissions-compliant in Europe, despite failing tests in North America and Australia, but now the company has admitted it needs to modify a whole lot of them
Audi, Porsche And Volkswagen Have Recalled 850,000 V6 And V8 Diesels Over Dubious Emissions

We thought it might happen, and it has. Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi have collectively admitted that some of their V6 and V8 diesels are somewhat less than compliant with emissions laws, and have offered to fix a total of 850,000 cars in markets outside North America, where there’s a separate investigation.

The engines, built across both the Euro V and current Euro VI emissions legislation periods, will go back to the dealership for new software that should, the companies say, bring their emissions well within the limits without compromising performance, fuel economy or driveability. Volkswagen hasn’t necessarily had a lot of joy with that so far…

The A6 Allroad is one model affected by the recall
The A6 Allroad is one model affected by the recall

There will be no cost for the fix, which will be rolled out as soon as the arrangements can be put in place. Owners of affected cars should, in the UK at least, receive a letter explaining what needs to be done. We don’t yet know which models are affected, but the V6 TDI was put into everything from the A4 to the A8, plus many more Volkswagens and a few Porsches.

Apparently the fix will focus most on reducing emissions at low engine speeds and in heavy traffic situations, to attempt to cut most of the emissions in urban areas. The fix comes as Audi has acknowledged that diesel won’t be going away any time soon, volunteering the software remedy to make sure the bigger diesels stay the course of their typical lifetimes.

This fix comes just days after Mercedes issued a voluntary recall for millions of its diesel-engined cars that are suspected of cheating emissions tests. Both companies still have legal cases open against them in a number of countries, but the VW Group has pledged to cooperate fully with the German authorities.

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Comments

☆★THEBOOSTEDBRIT★☆

Volkswagen be like ‘Been there, done that.’

07/21/2017 - 12:57 |
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Not only was this comment posted by someone else before on the MB recall post, but also…
Audi is VW!

07/21/2017 - 14:39 |
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Anonymous
07/21/2017 - 12:58 |
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Freddie Skeates

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I really hope that’s not an attempted translation of Vorsprung durch Technik

07/21/2017 - 13:17 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Lol nice :)

07/21/2017 - 17:05 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Maybe the engines went a bit over the emission limit, but let’s not forget that these engines are super reliable and quick

07/21/2017 - 17:32 |
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Anonymous

“Without compromising performance, fuel economy or drive ability”
If cheating the emissions didn’t improve any of these things they never would have done it in the first place, just saying…

07/21/2017 - 12:58 |
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Drifting Dutch

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I’m sure it wil effect performance, I drove a seat that cheated before en after a fix and I it felt noticeablely slower

07/21/2017 - 16:14 |
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Teoman

VTD
VW transmitted disease

07/21/2017 - 13:05 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Teoman

More like hereditary as VAG is the father company

07/21/2017 - 13:14 |
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theSPAZZ

Quick, before we get more claims…

07/21/2017 - 13:12 |
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Anonymous

VW messed up pretty much every diesel vehicle they produced. I love those carsa and now they have such a bad reputation.

07/21/2017 - 15:15 |
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CatHat

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07/21/2017 - 16:07 |
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CatHat

Meanwhile…

07/21/2017 - 16:11 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by CatHat

So true lol. Btw, in china you can tell the government is cracking down on pollution, I saw a majority of buses and taxis using hybrid, cng, or electric systems. All the factories are being moved away from city centers and have strict regulations that threaten to close the business if they don’t comply. They are constantly building new wind farms, solar fields, and hydroelectric dams. The plebes zoom about on their electronic scooters and cargo tricycles lol. Meanwhile, the USA makes fun of China’s pollution while they themselves don’t have as many electric or cng vehicles, and the general population doesn’t use public transport as often too.

07/21/2017 - 17:01 |
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Haxin

To be honest… no one that buys a car looks at the emissions.

07/21/2017 - 16:26 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Haxin

The emissions limit is becomes higher every year as well so kinda hard for manufacturers to follow up with this

07/21/2017 - 17:37 |
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Rekord 86

I’m so angry about the german car industry. Have you heard the newest things. VW, Audi, Mercedes, BMW and Porsche might have been working on this together. They have secret meetings since the 90s, where they discuss how to take out the other brands…

07/21/2017 - 16:55 |
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Well other that emissions thing, these engines are quite good, they’re reliable and quick. Also, all companies have meetings where they discuss what they could do to get an advantage over brands and I doubt BMW is involved because BMW isn’t part of VAG

07/21/2017 - 17:35 |
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