VW Giving $1000 to Car Owners in Emissions Cheating Scandal

That system, however, appears to have failed as some employees installed emissions-cheating software on diesel-powered engines over a period of up to six years. “It should offer every owner who wants to keep her auto full compensation for the loss of resale value, fuel economy, and other damage caused by its purposeful deception”.

For more information, check out Volkswagen’s diesel information website.

At least 1.2 million models will be recalled in the United Kingdom in an operation that is expected to begin in the New Year. Under the headline We’re Working to Make Things Right, VW launched on Monday (9 November) a webpage where VW owners can enter their vehicle registration numbers and see if they qualify for the $1,000 credit.

Diesel owners will also get another card worth $500 that can be spent only on purchases or services at VW or Audi dealerships, as well as free 24-hour roadside assistance for the next three years.

Although VW has acknowledged up to 11 million vehicles globally were fitted with the cheat software, Mr Cox said the true scope of the scandal had yet to be fathomed, as U.S. regulators were now alleging it had extended to 3-litre vehicle models including the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, the 2014 VW Touareg and several 2016 Audi models.

The vehicles eligible for Volkswagen’s “Goodwill Package” offer include the four-cylinder diesel versions of the 2009-15 Jetta TDI, 2009-14 VW Jetta SportWagen TDI, 2010-15 VW Golf TDI, 2015 VW Golf SportWagen TDI, 2012-15 VW Beetle TDI and VW Beetle Convertible TDI and the 2012-15 VW Passat TDI.

Steve Kalafer, chairman of the Flemington Car and Truck Country dealerships in Flemington, N.J., said Volkswagen’s offer is a welcome first step after a long silence between the automaker, its customers, and its U.S. retailers. We’d be sorely surprised if Volkswagen didn’t sweeten the pot a bit more down the line.

Meanwhile, Germany’s transport ministry said yesterday that of the 2. The agency is about two-thirds of the way through its testing.

Volkswagen faces potentially staggering fines.

It found that affected diesel cars are spending an average 123 days on dealer lots, compared to 97 days for Volkswagen models not affected by the scandal. It’s the first time the scandal-hit company has compensated people who own or lease VW diesel cars.

But in a shock admission last week the company said it had under-reported carbon emissions to European Union regulators on around 800,000 cars in Europe.