Volkswagen emails customers in Spain over emissions-rigging scandal
Volkswagen emails customers in Spain over emissions-rigging scandal
VOLKSWAGEN has started emailing customers in Spain individually from today (Monday) who bought cars with EA189 diesel engines which may have been doctored to mask their true emissions readings.
According to the taskforce in Germany set up to deal with the emissions scandal says 683,626 owners of VW, Seat, Audi, Skoda and VW Van vehicles are potentially affected and should visit their nearest dealership garage as soon as possible.
The company stresses in its emails to customers that the emissions-rigging has not affected the overall safety of any of its vehicles, and that the cost of rectifying the problem will be borne by Volkswagen.
A total of around 9.5 million cars and vans worldwide are likely to be affected by the illegal software, which was uncovered in the USA on September 18 after an investigation launched by an environmental management firm's research team in Germany, led by a Spanish doctor in engineering from Castellón on the east coast.
