Volkswagen has actually not repaired any of the 1.2 million cars in Britain impacted by the diesel emissions scandal, a British transportation minister said on Monday, in spite of the firm having said it had started software application adjustments to some models.
The German carmaker, which activated the largest scandal in its history with 2015’s admission that it rigged U.S. diesel emissions tests, stated on Friday that its recall of around 2,000 Amarok pick-up trucks in Britain concerning a software update began in January which procedures are now being carried to some SEAT and Audi models.
Robert Goodwill, a junior minister at Britain’s Department for Transportation, informed lawmakers on parliament’s transportation committee that Volkswagen had yet to take essential restorative action on its vehicles in the UK.
“They have not fixed any automobiles yet, I’m dissatisfied to reveal, and they will have to have their repair approved by us prior to they do it,” he stated in a session held as part of the committee’s query into how vehicles are authorized in Britain, prompted by the Volkswagen scandal.
The minister likewise stated that automobile owners had actually been called by the firm and that the software fix will be relatively simple.
There was nobody available to comment at Volkswagen’s UK office when gotten in touch with by Reuters outside company on Monday.
Volkswagen recently announced that it had actually agreed a handle U.S. authorities including it redeeming or possibly repairing about half a million polluting diesel cars and setting up ecological and customer payment funds.
Goodwill stated the Serious Fraud Office is viewing the problem of payment in Britain. Volkswagen has previously stated that payment would not be available to British customers.
