{"id":645,"date":"2017-04-11T15:19:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T14:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caremissionslawyers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=645"},"modified":"2017-04-11T15:36:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T14:36:34","slug":"vw-emissions-fix-making-things-worse-swedish-tests-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caremissionslawyers.co.uk\/blog\/vw-emissions-fix-making-things-worse-swedish-tests-reveal","title":{"rendered":"Swedish testing reveals that VW’s so-called emissions ‘fixes’ may be making things worse…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been months since Volkswagen publically reminded us that compensating victims of the scandal in the UK was unnecessary because a simple ‘fix’ would solve everything.<\/p>\n

Victims here were not happy to hear this, especially when U.S. customers are receiving up to $40,000 each through generous buy-back schemes and compensation payouts.<\/p>\n

We already know that the so-called ‘fix’ may be causing issues because many of our own clients have reported problems. So, we weren’t surprised to hear that Swedish testing has also revealed issues with VW’s so-called ‘fix’ as well.<\/p>\n

The damning evidence is mounting…
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\nNot long after the first fixes were applied, complaints started to roll in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Owners were reporting all sorts of issues, including a loss of power and torque, loud noises and shuddering, and hardware failures with EGRs and DPFs. The MPG also seems to have taken a hit too. Maybe it was just a coincidence that they all started after the ‘fix’ since VW say the ‘fix’ is not going to affect vehicles.<\/p>\n

Maybe not.<\/p>\n

Swedish testing highlights concerns<\/h2>\n

Amidst the complaints, Swedish researchers backed by the prominent Swedish motor magazine Teknikens V\u00e4rld<\/em> decided to conduct a study. They tested 10 cars just before the so-called ‘fix’ was applied, and retested them shortly after.<\/p>\n

These are some of the results:<\/p>\n

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