{"id":1113,"date":"2017-12-19T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caremissionslawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2017-12-18T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T16:07:20","slug":"audi-recalls-5000-cars-europe-over-emissions-cheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caremissionslawyers.co.uk\/blog\/audi-recalls-5000-cars-europe-over-emissions-cheating","title":{"rendered":"Audi recalls 5,000 cars in Europe over emissions cheating"},"content":{"rendered":"

Audi has announced a recall of almost 5,000 of their cars in Europe over emissions software issues. A total of 4,997 A8 model cars with 4.2 litre V8 diesel engines are affected by the recall. Retailing new at around \u00a364,000, over 3,500 of the recalled vehicles are located in Germany where the coalition government has reportedly agreed to reduce emissions by at least 85% by 2050.<\/p>\n

The affected vehicles will join other Audi vehicles fitted with the so-called “defeat device” software to be recalled for a technical “fix”.
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Audi A8 software update<\/h2>\n

The luxury automaker that prides itself in using advanced technology<\/strong> has said that it has reported the problem to the German road transport authority, KBA. The software update for the A8 model is reportedly undergoing testing and is set to be available in early 2018.<\/p>\n

Audi assured:<\/p>\n

“Among other things, the update should ensure that after cold starts the engine more quickly reaches optimal operating conditions for the exhaust-gas treatment system so that its emissions are improved in real driving conditions.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen and Audi cars have already had the emissions software update implemented in them, but a number of owners are reporting that the update to reduce NOx emissions is causing problems to other parts of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

Problems with cars after the “fix” has been implemented<\/h3>\n

Our own clients have noted:<\/p>\n

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