Volkswagen gets another kick from a German judge in the Dieselgate debacle. A German court rules that a software update that was part of the solution for diesel cars involved in Dieselgate is itself illegal.
In 2015 it came to light that Volkswagen had used software in 1.2, 1.6 and 2.0 TDI diesel engines of the EA 189 family that could detect when the car was on the chassis dynamometer during emissions tests, with the result that – to put it bluntly – the engine appeared cleaner there than it actually was. To eliminate the emissions cheating, Volkswagen implemented, among other things, a software adjustment to the diesel engines involved. That software is also illegal, according to a court in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
In an environmental club Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) did not agree with the part of the software update that ensured that certain exhaust gases were not filtered at low temperatures. DUH labeled this as a new form of cheating software and the judge agreed. Volkswagen itself obviously does not agree with it and does not accept the ruling. The brand is appealing. According to Volkswagen, the filter function covered by DUH is necessary to prevent damage to the engine.
Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) – the German equivalent of the RDW – also gets a slap. According to the German court, the KBA should never approve the new software.
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