F.B.I. Arrests Volkswagen Executive

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

sky_free wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
I don't believe the current owners have a choice. They will not be able to renew registration due to non-compliance to US standards.

Actually, they will be able to register it according to the settlement terms. VW is paying a large fine to "pay for" their over-emissions for the approx. 15% of people who choose to keep the cars. If they don't reach the 85% mark, they have to pay more depending on whatever the percentage is.

They are bribing us to turn in our cars so they don't have to pay more fines. The payout is so good that even though it is the best car I've ever owned it would be stupid to not sell it back. With 112K on it, the market value would be much less than half of the $ I will get by turning it in.

Not completely true, only the 2.0 can renew the vehicle registration.
"What vehicles are covered under the consent decree?
The consent decree covers all 2.0L diesel vehicles manufactured by Volkswagen and Audi between 2009 and 2015. These include:

VW Jetta Sport Wagen (MY 2009 - 2014)
Audi A3 (MY 2010 - 2013, 2015)
VW Beetle (MY 2013 - 2015)
VW Golf (MY 2010 - 2015)
VW Jetta (MY 2009 - 2015)
VW Passat (MY 2012 - 2015)
VVW Golf Sport Wagen (MY 2015)
The consent decree does not cover 3.0L diesel vehicles manufactured by Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche that the governments allege are also equipped with defeat devices. These vehicles will be addressed later." note this is for California not sure how this affects other states. Note this is from Dec.16, 2016 LINK

For those who say it's a great vehicle and makes great mileage....well no kidding they turned off the emissions so it could make that mileage. I owned a tdi Jetta and loved it. Was it flawless? No, no it wasn't. Was it a great car? Yes, yes it was and if I was not working for FCA I would own another tdi in a minute!

Don

I believe Bedlam was referring to the post above for a 2012 Passat 2.0. I should have been more clear. Nobody expects the 3.0 settlement to be any different though.

From the CARB site, 100% of the cars need to be bought back OR MODIFIED, so it stands to reason that you will need to get the mod if you keep the car and intend to register it, but the site isn't clear on that.