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FILE PHOTO: On October 16, 2018, the German automaker Audi represents an A6 TDI diesel model in front of a car wash in Hanau, Germany. REUTERS / Kai Pfaffenbach / Photo File
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German Motor Vehicle Authority (KBA) told Audi, Volkswagen's high-end brand, that its inability to remove illegal software from diesel vehicles that can handle emission levels is reported, reported the newspaper Bild am Sonntag (BamS).
BamS added that the KBA had told Audi in three letters that it had until September 26 to remove the software from thousands of diesel vehicles equipped with V6 and V8 TDI engines, without which a fine of 25,000 euros would be imposed for each car still carrying an illegal device.
The Ministry of Transport announced last year that the KBA surveillance group had detected an illicit emission control software in some 127,000 Audi models equipped with a Euro-6 diesel engine, including 77,600 cars in Germany.
A spokesman for the KBA did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.
An Audi spokesman said the automaker was about to modernize the remaining 8% of the cars in question and that it would complete the mission in a timely manner by KBA.
"We will not confirm the BamS report," the spokesman wrote in an e-mail.
The Ministry of Transport announced last year that the KBA surveillance group had detected an illicit emission control software in some 127,000 Audi models equipped with a Euro-6 diesel engine, including 77,600 cars in Germany.
Audi said the models had been included in the voluntary recall of 850,000 diesel vehicles equipped with V6 and V8 TDI engines.
Reportage of Joseph Nasr; Edited by Raissa Kasolowsky
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