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Me too, and it was listed as a recall on my notification in the mail. I can't even find that "recall" listed anywhere online.
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Same thing here. We had an issue with the software download and they insisted we reschedule to have the software updated.
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There's a forum I check in with for VW JSW stuff.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/forumdisp...tta-SportWagen |
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All recalls are listed on the NHTSA website. Most of them are listed long before we even have a solution for them.
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Allow me to give the response for the 11 people on the stage during the debate this week.
"China pollutes more than the US." |
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From what I've read, most people don't notice a difference in performance or fuel economy post software update. For those who've had their ECU tuned, this is another matter since it is believed that the ECU flash with new software will erase the tune and potentially make it difficult to re-tune. |
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If someone is looking to sell one of these horrible polluting machines, let me know...!
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i have lost faith in all of our institutions / corporations
if you can't trust VW, who can you trust? Just in case you are Sheldon Cooper, this is sarcasm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82CtZX9gmZ8
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Crust Malocchio, Turbo Creo Last edited by eddief; 09-18-2015 at 07:04 PM. |
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The federal government should reject the type certification of all the affected cars as it was attained by fraud, collect them, crush them, and let the owners settle with VW via the court system. Or use the threat of it to levy the appropriate fines of VW.
They won't do that, but intentional fraud to beat a regulation should mean billions in fines. |
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I own a 2013 TDi and it will be interesting to learn more about what the trickery does. I suspect it doesn't have a large effect on everyday driving but that the ECU was optimized for the rolling road test done in the EU to give it a better emissions rating which the euros think about when they shop for a car....unlike most of the USA.
But we will see. I've put about 30,000 miles on mine now and it's averaged over 42 mpg for that time in all type of driving and never once have I seen any soot come out the tail pipe. Come to think of it the inside of the tail pipe is not even black. All that said VW effed up in a big way on this one and they should pay a hefty price for this stupid decision. dave |
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So since VW can tweak the ECU software I wonder if I can get them to flash my ECU so I can roll coal on those jerk cyclists.
Oops, wrong forum. |
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It's pretty damn sneaky and not something that got done by accident, that's for sure. And pretty amazing that they didn't admit it until the EPA said, "F*ck you then, we won't type certify your 2016 cars until you explain the variance between the test protocol results and real world results." Good work government and WVU scientists! |
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If this was pro cycling it's like VW got caught with electric motors in their bikes. There's no way around the deliberate attempt to get away with breaking the rules. It's not like a manufacturing tolerance was a bit off.
Having said that... We are a two TDI household (2010, 2011). Also, as of a couple months ago, I'm technically an employee of a dealership family that has a VW dealership, and I park with their employees because we share lots. |
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