Report: Volkswagen Investigation May Take Months

by Aaron Cole

Updated: December 31st, 2020 Published: October 1st, 2015

A meeting of Volkswagen executives revealed Thursday that the internal investigation into how the company produced 11 million cars with illegal “defeat devices” to cheat emissions tests will take several months, Reuters (via Automotive News) reported.

The supervisory board said in light of the ongoing investigation, the automaker would push back its scheduled meeting in November, where it was expected to name Hans Dieter Pötsch as chairman.

“In view of the time available and the matters to be considered, it would not be realistic to provide well-founded answers which would fulfill the shareholder’s justified expectations,” it said according to Reuters, adding a court would appoint Poetsch to the board, after which he would be elected chairman.

The board said it would notify the public next week of any possible fixes engineers have developed for its cars. VW’s Czech Skoda Auto notified authorities there that a fix would take until the end of October for its 148,000 cars in that country.

German’s transportation authority gave Volkswagen until Oct. 7 to propose a solution for its cars or face a ban from German roads.

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Flybrian on Oct 01, 2015

For what its worth, simply replacing the 'D' with an 'S' and telling people it has lifter noise could actually minimize one's loss come trade-in time.

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- FreedMike on Oct 01, 2015
  
  And then the awkward moment when the buyer grenades the engine running it on gasoline...
  
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RogerB34 on Oct 01, 2015

Now is the time to buy a VW TDI.

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- FreedMike on Oct 01, 2015
  
  Yeah, and let's celebrate afterwards with some New Coke!
  
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- JohnTaurus on Oct 02, 2015
  
  @FreedMike No kidding, Mike. Buying a TDI now, then possibly being unable to register it due to not being able to pass emissions, and then eventually dealing with the significantly reduced power and MPG after its "fixed" makes as much sense as buying a Chevy Cobalt right now. The MPG advantage the TDI enjoys over a decent gasoline-powered economy car will likely dissapear or at the very least be reduced to a toss up after factoring in the cost of diesel vs. regular unleaded gasoline, not even considering the performance disadvantage they will suffer from compared to a gasoline engine. Que those who will claim that the TDIs can then be modified aftermarket to achieve the same or better MPG/power that they get/have now, while carefully avoiding the part about the car being required to pass emissions inspections in many parts of the country as a requirement for registration renewal after becoming notorious for this very issue, which takes that possibility off the table for a lot of people. If the entire US/Canadian diesel passenger car market crashes (and it probably will as a result of this), then maybe getting a Cruze diesel for next to nothing would be a smart move to take advantage of the VW fallout while avoiding the actual problem cars.
  
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- MrGrieves on Oct 02, 2015
  
  @JohnTaurus Emissions testing? What's that? (Deliverance Music Playing) The first aftermarket tuner to offer a TDI "Rolling Coal" exhaust package and ECM tune might have my business. I went from hating those mouth-breathers to at least understanding why they do it.
  
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- Chuckrs on Oct 02, 2015
  
  @JohnTaurus The very few aftermarket tunes I've considered included a way to switch between original tune and aftermarket, either with a Durametric cable and PC or via a specific sequence of button pushing.
  
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Lorenzo on Oct 01, 2015

Why would a court appoint Poetsch to the board?

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STRATOS on Oct 02, 2015

The EPA should have used a dynamometer where all wheels are rotating at the same time and this would never happen.Very easy to fool the testers.

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