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Environment Ministry issues recall on 125,000 Volkswagen cars

Environment Ministry issues recall on 125,000 Volkswagen cars

Posted November. 27, 2015 09:48,   

한국어

Volkswagen diesel cars sold in Korea have been confirmed to have manipulated gas emissions. This happened in the U.S. before as well.

"We have discovered a defeat device in the old-type EA189 engine in Volkswagen Tiguan Euro 5. The device intentionally shuts down the emission recirculation device on the road," the Korean Ministry of Environment announced on Thursday. "We have confirmed that the exhaust-gas recirculation, which worked normally during lab test, malfunctions on the road, increasing the nitrogenous compound emission."

Among all Volkswagen cars imported to Korea, a total of 125,522 cars from 15 different models are equipped with the old-type EA189 engine.



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