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Senacon (National Consumer Secretariat), linked to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, fined Volkswagen do Brasil R $ 7.2 million for the sale of 17,057 units of the van Amarok with fraudulent diesel engine, country of the so-called "Dieselgate".
This is the second fine imposed on the manufacturer in the country due to the scandal of irregular diesel engines. The first fine amounted to R50 million and was applied by IBAMA in 2015. This time, Senacon granted Volkswagen 10 days to appeal the penalty, as of Monday (4), when the decision was made. published in the Official Journal.
According to the agency, "the consumer can not badume the existence of adulteration, which constitutes a breach of good faith that the supplier must seek in its relations with consumers".
Dieselgate in Brazil [19659005] In 2015, Volkswagen admitted that 17,057 units of Amarok, 2011 models (all) and 2012 (part of the production), still equipped with a diesel engine, had been sold in Brazil with "fraud [software ".
According to the mark, another part of the units manufactured in 2012 and all vehicles manufactured from 2013 were exempt from the problem. In addition, no model equipped with gasoline or dual fuel engines (called TotalFlex brand) was involved. According to the brand, "everyone is in agreement with the levels of emission legislation".
Thanks to the fraudulent engine management program, the vehicles were able to detect when they were bench-tested and generated emission data for smaller pollutants (such as oxides of carbon). 39; nitrogen) than those obtained during actual shooting
. in Argentina since 2010, the Amarok pickup truck is the only diesel-powered light commercial tourism model – EA189 family, 2-liter turbo, developed in Germany – sold in Brazil to be part of the list of cars equipped with
Repairs of these 17,000 units began in 2016 and involved vehicles with the following non-sequential chbadis numbers:
+ Amarok 2011: BA000257 to BA000338.
+ Amarok 2011
Despite the remedy, which did not call the mark "recall", the consumer did not present any public excuses, which but also in the United States, Europe and Japan. The leaders of VW do Brasil however claimed that "the image of Amarok should be cleaned up".
Dieselgate around the world
Worldwide, a fraud is happening. hit at least 11 million cars.
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