Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Scandal

Nearly 500,000 Volkswagen and Audi diesel vehicles don’t come close to the legal emission limit. In fact, these cars are producing between 10 and 40 times the legal amount of emissions, such as nitrogen oxide, that can lead to asthma and other health problems. Each of these vehicles were programmed with software that could easily detect when it was undergoing an emissions test. As soon as this was detected, the vehicle switched to operate within the legal emission limits. Once the test was completed, it would revert to exceeding the emission limit.

Diesel engines are known to be fuel-efficient engines, but they are also known to be dirty. It is difficult to make a diesel engine run clean. It could take millions of dollars to research methods for maintaining fuel efficiency while running a clean engine, and Volkswagen just couldn’t do it. Instead, they cheated by creating the software program.

We’re sorry to tell you that if you own one of the diesel Volkswagen cars listed above, you’ve been affected by the scandal. You are not necessarily in danger, nor are the people around you. Volkswagen has not currently announced any recalls or plans to attack this problem. By continuing to drive your vehicle, you are simply harming the environment more than Volkswagen led us to believe. Visit Foshee & Yaffe in Oklahoma City to speak with our experienced product litigation lawyers. We will help you through this process.