VW is a repeat offender on 'defeat devices

Posted on 9/24/2015 2:36:51 PM

In 1998, American Honda and Ford both agreed to settlements worth millions of dollars to resolve defeat-device charges from the EPA.

The misfire monitor checks emissions performance while a vehicle is driven, and disabling it meant the dashboard warning light would not illuminate when emissions controls were malfunctioning. When that happens, drivers would be unaware that their vehicles needed service, resulting in possible excess emissions, the EPA said then.

Ford agreed to remove the software through service campaigns and a recall, a $1.3 million cost. It also agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine, purchase nitrogen oxide credits worth an estimated $2.5 million and spend $1.5 million on pollution reduction projects.

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