According to the RDW, about a quarter of the Dutch sjoemeldiesels of the Volkswagen Group still have to be adjusted after five years. The National Service reports this to radio station BNR.
In 2015, the diesel scandal surrounding the Volkswagen Groupe broke out. The recipe is now known: they would have provided cars with software so that they would emit less NOx during crucial tests. However, this only came to light when the cars had already been sold long and wide. This concerns 147,905 diesel cars in the Netherlands alone. These had to be returned to the garage for a software update.
Quite a job, it turns out. The RDW has announced that 40,000 Dutch ‘sjoemeldiesels’ from the Volkswagen Groupe are driving around unchanged. So far, 107,365 drivers of a Volkswagen, Audi, Seat or Skoda have reported to the dealers. The RDW therefore advocates making recalls mandatory.