Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Emissions Readings for Volkswagen Cars: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. Lars Himmer:

No, not at all. A very minor amount are standing still. Some 115,917 vehicles are affected, including the ones standing still, and a service campaign is required. That will be done and we have the timeframe for it, which is approved with the type approval authority. We have to go up to that and, with that commitment, also acknowledge that the cars are fit to drive.

We are in very close communication with our dealers, which has been the case for many years. We are in even closer contact now to see how the situation is developing because it is having an impact on them. We also need to work very closely together to make certain that we can handle a campaign involving 115,000 cars next year. It is a very large number. As soon as we know what the full solution will be, such as whether one or two hours of software updates are required, we will inform dealers. Of the hardware in question, the main issue is the injector. We will then know exactly what capacity is needed, and we are working that out with dealers.

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