Volkswagen Recalls More Than 50,000 Touareg

KBA, the German Ministry of Transport, announced that it would recall some Volkswagen 3.0-liter Diesel Touareg SUVs (Touareg) worldwide due to two illegal emission control devices detected during the test.

KBA said in the mail that the recall of the Touareg was Automotive Coupons launched under the latest emission standards for Euro 6 diesel vehicles. Worldwide, the number of models involved is 57,600 vehicles scheduled for December 8, of which nearly 25,800 vehicles are in the German market.

KBA said: "The Federal Motor Vehicle Administration found during the tests that there were two types of illegal shut-down equipment in the Euro 6 Diesel Volkswagen 3.0-liter Touareg."

In the past two years since the release event was exposed in the 4 Wheel Parts Coupons United States, despite the fact that Volkswagen has been trying to solve the problem, new evidence of its installation of cheat software in diesel vehicles continues to emerge. Volkswagen announced last week that it had stopped supplying its dealership with the model after it was tested for nitrogen oxide emissions from the T6 Multivan and has reported the incident to KBA.

Before the Touareg incident, German authorities announced in July that 22,000 Porsche Cayenne SUVs would be recalled in Europe. Porsche Cayenne and Touareg are using the same module platform production, and both use 3.0-liter engines are from Audi.

According to the new European Automotive Operating Conditions (NEFZ) standard, Touareg tested on a static roller table but did not test it on the actual road. In turn, KBA's "Warming-up strategy" for emission reduction was first applied to the Touareg model.

In addition, KBA also said that the Touareg models are equipped with expensive selective catalytic reduction system (SCR). Testing under specific conditions found that Touareg also used a limited-use AdBlue, a urine-based liquid that helps filter diesel vehicles' NOx emissions.

KBA said Volkswagen has adjusted production of Touareg and has developed a new engine software to fix the vehicles involved.