Mercedes,
Opel,
Porsche, and
Volkswagen will recall over 630,000 cars in Europe, according to
reports Friday. No
diesel car has been able to get under the legal emissions limit in real-world driving, according to a German government investigation.
While only Volkswagen Group has been using a specific “defeat device”, other carmakers have been playing with their exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems. Depending of the manufacturer, the systems have been cut off at a certain temperature. In a specific test cycle the systems operate to fulfill the legal requirements, but in everyday use the limits are exceeded. According to the magazine
Der Spiegel, the supplier Bosch is behind this programming and has provided it to all German automakers.
The mentioned carmakers have announced recalls, but many other manufacturers are also mentioned by name in the report, including
Alfa Romeo,
Chevrolet, Dacia,
Fiat,
Ford,
Hyundai,
Jaguar,
Jeep,
Land Rover,
Nissan,
Renault, and
Suzuki. PSA Group, which produces
Peugeot, Citroën, and DS cars,
declared yesterday that its offices were raided following an emissions investigation.
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