Although he clarified that the device does not violate the rules of Argentina, notified owners Amarok models, Tiguan, Passat and Vento ranging from 2011 to 2015, equipped with engines of the conflict -the EA189 will begin at call for review.
Volkswagen Argentina said today that “certain vehicles equipped with diesel engines of the EA189 type, have installed a software that optimizes the emission of nitrogen oxide during evaluation benchmarks “.
The clarification is because, globally, the Volkswagen group acknowledged last month that software installed during years eleven million vehicles with diesel engine 189 EA which allowed the vehicle to recognize what was happening test and tweaking the nitrogen oxide emissions by changing the operating conditions of the engine. In America this led to a scandal, because it was established that the controls and greenhouse gas emissions were being circumvented.
However, the local subsidiary of the company warned in a statement that “because of the different regulations existing in different countries, the situation described does not necessarily mean the failure of the local rules on emissions polluting gases and that such software in no way affects the operation of the vehicles involved, which are technically safe and in relation to management. ”
However he notified the local owners of the Amarok, Tiguan, Passat and Vento models ranging from 2011 to 2015 engines equipped with EA189-the start of the conflict which call for revision.
“Once certain technical measures and the plan of action to follow, will be reported to users of the vehicles included in this situation. Any work to be performed on the units by sole cost and Volkswagen Argentina SA, “the company said.
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