Naughty naughty VW

[JC]

I bet you have to sign a waiver when the car is updated to the effect that you won't pursue compensation etc.

they will be signing a waiver when it goes in for its mot they WONT be doing the recall ! - if it still passes then it wont be getting done at all 

[madmanmart]

Just ran my mk3 TDI through, luckily it's not affected.

I was beginning to worry.... 

[Gti_Jamo]

http://autoexpert.com.au/buying-a-car/how-volkswagen-betrayed-the-world

WERE THE REGULATORS ASLEEP?

The governmental gatekeepers of emissions compliance in North America, Western Europe and here in Australia are asleep at the wheel. How is it possible that a rinky-dink engineering department in North America uncovered this scandal first? It’s been going on for a decade. It would be nice to think our regulators would be on this faster than Oprah on a baked ham … but apparently they’re not. How many other automotive scandals are hidden in plain sight in just this way right now? The culture of virtual self-regulation by the auto industry is - clearly - fatally flawed.

HOW VOLKSWAGEN EVEN BETRAYED ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Lower Saxony - a German state comprised of almost eight million constituents - owns 20 per cent of Volkswagen. It relies on its Volkswagen dividend to provide healthcare, education, infrastructure and other municipal services for its eight million people. This crime has wiped almost 40 per cent off Volkswagen’s net worth. So, in a very real way, Volkswagen also just betrayed eight million people, and one of its largest shareholders, including 20 per cent of the board of directors.

http://www.caradvice.com.au/384987/volkswagen-hires-lawyers-who-defended-bp-after-deepwater-horizon-disaster-report/

Volkswagen has engaged the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, who defended BP in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.

According to multiple sources, including The Guardian and Bloomberg, Volkswagen has hired Kirkland & Ellis to help it deal with investigations, as well as any impending civil and criminal claims.

Sources have told Bloomberg that the US Justice Department has begun a criminal probe into Volkswagen’s use of defeat devices to pass emissions testing.

German federal and state institutions have begun or are contemplating starting investigations into the company. Action has also been mooted in France and the United  Kingdom, while South Korea has reportedly already started one.

Automotive News understands that at least 25 class action law suits have already been filed against Volkswagen in the US.

[Organisys]

I bet you have to sign a waiver when the car is updated to the effect that you won't pursue compensation etc.

they will be signing a waiver when it goes in for its mot they WONT be doing the recall ! - if it still passes then it wont be getting done at all 

 

It will still pass. The test for new cars is very different to the MOT.

The update is likely to just remove the 'defeat device' they wouldn't risk upsetting customers/press further by changing fueling/boost mapping.

...the change in injectors, (if they indeed are changed) will be to ensure that the emissions are within the limits of the original test.

[topher]

The other half's Scirocco will be going in for the "fix". It will also be going on the dyno before and after with lots of data logging. I believe I inadvertently triggered this "testing mode" on the rollers with a Mk6 110 tdi a couple of weeks ago, boost request was down to 0.3 bar and would only make 60bhp until I reset it.