Emissions Scandal: Volkswagen Plans French Recalls for February

by Benson Agoha Technology 

Following the emissions scandal, Volkswagen is on course to begin the recall of some one million vehicles from France in February, 2016 according to the latest report by Industry Week.

The news comes as Germany has moved to toughen its software rules, in the wake of September's embarrassing revelation the automaker used software capable of evading detection, prompting a US probe of its vehicles.

On Tuesday, Industry Week reports that in the on-going Volkswagen saga, the automaker schedules recall to start for almost 1 million French vehicles. While the update is carried out, clients would receive a courtesy car, a safety check and a car wash.

 

The plan was revealed by the company's VW Group France President Jacques Rivoal in Paris on Sunday.

“600,000 clients have come forward, and 150,000 of them are identified as owners of an affected vehicle,” Rivoal said, adding that the software update will take “a half-hour to an hour, depending on the model.”

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Rivoal said in an interview with French newspaper Journal du Dimanche that the recall will “begin February 2016,” and that each customer with an affected diesel engine vehicles will receive “three letters” to detail the process.

“One was sent in November; the next, in January, will specify technical measures; and the last one will invite clients to contact their car dealership,” he said.

The company said last month that it had “decided to undertake after-sales action on EA189 diesel engines in order to carry out a software correction” on the affected vehicles. VW was forced in September to admit it had installed emission-cheating software into 11 million diesel engine vehicles worldwide.

 

“I want to reaffirm, the safety and quality of the vehicles are not in question,” Rivoal said.