Seat confirms 700,000 cars affected by emissions-masking software as dealerships complain they are left in the dark
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 @ 5:55 PM
AROUND 700,000 diesel cars manufactured by Seat - the Spanish arm of Volkswagen – are said to be carrying emissions data-rigging software, according to company sources.
This is about 6.3% of the 11 million 'doctored' vehicles uncovered in the VW scam.
Spain is aware of just over 3,000 Volkswagen brands with emissions-masking programmes, and has withdrawn them from sale.
All Seat and Volkswagen-Audi vehicles with an EA-189 diesel engine – some 3,320 in total – have been recalled as a preventive measure.
Manufacturers have assured their customers that the vehicles are completely safe to drive, as the fraudulent software only affects emissions readings.
Seat is attempting to contact everyone it has on record as having bought an affected car to get the owners to bring them in for testing, and has enabled a search engine on its web page so anyone who has bought a Seat diesel engine can check whether their model is among those rigged.
In the meantime, Seat, Audi, Skoda and VW dealerships say they have been plunged into chaos – customers are queueing up to ask them if their cars may be affected, but no official data on which actual models have been rigged have been released.
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