KBA approves Volkswagen’s fix for 1.2-liter EA189 TDI diesel engine
14 August 2016
Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has approved the technical emissions-control solution—a software update—for vehicles with the 1.2-liter EA189 TDI diesel engine. The KBA approval applies to 460,000 vehicles of affected Group brands, including the Volkswagen Polo and SEAT Ibiza models.
The software update can now be promptly carried out on the first vehicles of the second affected engine-size category. The owners of these models are being successively informed and can then make an early appointment with an authorised workshop to have the update done.
In Germany customers are being informed in a two-stage process. In stage one, all of the owners concerned have already been notified through a letter agreed with the KBA that their vehicle is affected by the modification programme.
In a second letter, customers then get asked to make an appointment with a partner business of their choice. Being sent in several tranches, this letter is now also going to owners of the aforementioned models with 1.2-liter TDI engines.
The modification for vehicles with affected 2.0-litre TDI engines began back at the start of the year. This is now being followed by the implementation of the technical solution for vehicles with the smallest cubic capacity version of the affected EA189 engine type. Technical solutions are thus now available for affected models with 2.0-liter TDI and 1.2-liter TDI engines.
Following the modification the vehicles fulfil all statutory requirements. The KBA has also confirmed without any restrictions that the technical solutions for these models cause no changes to fuel consumption levels, performance data or noise emissions. The KBA had previously already affirmed this for all other vehicles approved to date for the recall.
One would be tempted to ask if these software mods cause no loss of range or power then why was the cheat mode software there in the first place?
Posted by: Bobcom52 | 14 August 2016 at 04:36 PM