South Korea fines Volkswagen $12 million for rigging emissions in 125000

Announcing the results of the tests, the Environment Ministry also said it was fining the company 14.1 billion won (USD 12.3 million).

Hong Dong Gon, a director at the Ministry of Environment, speaks about investigation results of Volkswagen vehicle emissions during a press conference at the government complex in Sejong, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015.

While the group did not accuse Renault of using a software to cheat emission tests, it points out that the passenger van only met pollution limits when its motor was cold.

The ministry said it had not yet determined whether VW vehicles with the newer “EA288” engine – mainly Euro 6 models – had manipulated emissions.

The fix for the 1.6-liter diesel engine is the replacement of a section of clean air intake to add a straight, non-baffled piece of pipe called a “flow transformer” directly ahead of the air mass sensor (also called an air flow meter).

Audi said, “One of them is regarded as a defeat device according to applicable U.S. law”.

While the company is already facing a class action in Australia of up to $100 million, it is now trying to address the impending slide in the resale values of its cars as buyers lose confidence in the brand. The company has suspended the sales of various model in different countries.

There was no immediate comment by the VW group on the CARB order.

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Volkswagen was informed in a letter from the California Air Resources Board that it has 45 days to compile a prepare for the recall of the impacted VW, Audi and Porsche versions to change exhausts gear. After implementation of the technical measures, the vehicles will comply with the applicable emissions standards, Volkswagen stated.

Audi admitted that there are some 85,000 more Volkswagen cars with illegal defeat devices that can disable emissions control functions.

Audi accepted that its engines behaved differently during emissions testing, but did not confess to the cheating in the same manner as Volkswagen did when proof of software rigging emerged earlier this year.

Mr Bartsch said the $500 compensation deal in North America was “a decision by Volkswagen USA on the way they thought it was best to manage (the crisis) with their customers”.