U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer alerted Volkswagen owners not to strip parts out of their diesel automobiles prior to attempting to sell them back to the automaker through the automaker’s emissions settlement.
Federal judge’s caution on Thursday followed reports on the vehicle blog site Jalopnik of a Cincinnati man who stripped his 2010 Volkswagen Golf diesel automobile prior to attempting to qualify for the buyback.
The person ripped out the “doors, seats, hood, bumpers, hatch and a big portion of the interior” prior to trying to turn in his automobile. Volkswagen refused his attempt to receive the buyback, which would have deserved anywhere from $14,897 to $15,557 for the common 2010 Volkswagen Golf diesel.
Volkswagen Group accepted in June to the almost $15 billion settlement with the U.S. federal government, California regulators and consumers over 2009 to 2016 model-year 2-liter diesel vehicles that breached emissions standards. Owners get approved for buybacks or a totally free repair and payment, assuming Volkswagen can deliver a repair licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
