Volkswagen to recall Vento cars for inconsistent emissions

 Volkswagen India has decided to recall 3,877 Vento cars with 1.5-litre diesel engine and manual gearbox due to inconsistent carbon monoxide (CO) emissions.

“The 3,877 Vento cars were observed to be sometimes exceeding the threshold limits during the COP (conformity of production) tests done by Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI). At the same time, Volkswagen India is temporarily holding back sales of the manual gearbox version of the Volkswagen Vento with 1.5-litre diesel engine with immediate effect,” the Indian arm of the German auto company said.

Volkswagen India is analysing the issue and will propose technical measures to ARAI to solve this inconsistency at the earliest. Once approved and confirmed by the competent authorities, Volkswagen India will implement the measures and resume the production and sales of the relevant vehicle. The same technical measures will also be implemented in the impacted vehicles that are already with customers, the company added.

Volkswagen India also clarified the problem is only impacting the manual gearbox version of Vento with 1.5-litre diesel engine and is not connected to the global nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions topic.

All vehicles in the customer hands are technically safe and roadworthy. All other diesel models and variants of Volkswagen India, including Vento 1.5TDI with automatic transmission (DSG) and all diesel Polo cars, conform to the norms and will continue to be produced and sold in India, the company said.

Smoke screen

     Inconsistency in carbon monoxide (CO) emissions found in Vento cars
     COP tests by ARAI have revealed that the cars sometimes exceed the threshold limit
     Volkswagen India will soon propose measures to Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)