ron.dittmer wrote:
As everyone has heard the news this past year, VW deceived the US government and consumers with manipulative software in it's automobile diesel engines. Those vehicles will soon be reloaded with proper software to activate the emissions equipment as should have been all along, when the car is being driven which will reduce fuel efficiency significantly. Since then, the EPA is questioning Audi and other European manufactures of similar deceptive practices.
Is there any concern over the MB Sprinter? I have not heard anything and therefore assume the Sprinter is in good standing. But if it is determined otherwise, whoa to Sprinter owners for their fuel economy could drop significantly once corrected.
Mother Benz has not been implicated in pencil whipping EPA tests here or elsewhere. The MB diesels today are all BlueTec.. DPF, SCR & urea injection jobs. What VW shoulda, coulda, outta, done.
Anyway...the whinging about HP and MPG losses is goofy talk. If you lost 5 hp and 2 mpg its in the noise level of daily operations. 99.9999% of owners wouldn't notice a difference. It may be that the changes to be made may give them a little more power and economy if they use SCR and urea injection. New BlueTecs are more efficient and stronger than those made before 2013.
