Volkswagen recalls 800,000 cars in Germany for rectifying emission glitches

Volkswagen had been in the eye of a storm ever since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board (EPA and CARB) in 2015 had revealed their findings that while testing diesel cars of the Volkswagen Group they detected manipulations that violate American environmental standards.

On September 22, 2015 Volkswagen had admitted that, “Discrepancies relate to vehicles with Type EA 189 engines, involving some eleven million vehicles worldwide. A noticeable deviation between bench test results and actual road use was established solely for this type of engine....”

The latest recall of cars is a continuation of the retrofit campaign for affected vehicles started by Volkswagen early  2016. Jürgen Stackmann, member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Sales, Marketing and After-Sales, said: "The launch of the retrofit campaign for the Passat, CC and Eos models involves a large number of cars that will now be recalled to the workshops. I am pleased that the retrofitting of over 800,000 of our customers' cars can now begin. Our dealerships and service partners are well prepared for the campaign."