Volkswagen plans to recall cars with emissions ‘cheat’ devices rejected by regulator

The California Air Review Board (CARB) has rejected Volkswagen’s proposed fixes to its Dieselgate cars. These vehicles contain the diesel emission deceiving software.

“Since then, Volkswagen has had constructive discussions with CARB, including last week when we discussed a framework”, Volkswagen’s statement said. Besides being forced to recall and somehow fix the cars to make them genuinely compliant with emissions rules, VW faces fines of up to $18 billion from US regulators for installing the software on nearly 500,000 USA cars. CARB made public today three separate official documents related to its actions, offering a detailed explanation of its decision: a transmittal letter, the rejection of VW’s submitted recall plan and another formal Notice of Violation.

Clegern says if that can’t be done, VW may have to buy back its vehicles. “And now we will talk to Ms. McCarthy and we’ll see how the reaction will be”. He added: “It gives us more options”.

Following the meeting both Müller and McCarthy said that they would continue to work together to find a solution to the crisis, although details on whether concrete plans had been agreed upon and what those plans entailed were not disclosed.

Plans rejected by CARB do not cover vehicles the 3.0-liter V-6 TDI powertrain.

Not only CARB but the federal EPA has also claimed that Volkswagen plan was unacceptable.

CARB says the Volkswagen recall plan fell short in several areas.

The German automaker is under pressure to fix almost 600,000 of its cars in the United States equipped with illegal “defeat devices” that concealed emissions of poison gases that violate regulations in a number of countries.

Since then, Volkswagen has been in negotiations with the regulators in Europe and the USA over reservations about fixing the issue making it complaint with the policies of EPA and environment-friendly.

That’s in stark contrast to the automaker’s earlier admissions that it had, in fact, cheated. He said: “We are hoping for a good result from the meeting”.

In response, Volkswagen said it was working with outside advisers “to develop a swift, fair and independent program, which will provide a comprehensive remedy for our customers”. We didn’t understand the question first.

Officials at Volkswagen and the nation’s environmental watchdog are keeping mum about whether any progress was made during a closed-door meeting on the German automaker’s emissions cheating scandal. He expected the trip to mold broken hearts and fix wounds, but failed to do so.