Wolfsburg / Hanover Early start at VW Recall: In exhaust scandal, despite the lack of approval by the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt already the starting point for the conversion of affected Amarok models like. Unlike from the authorities and the Group confirms for days, the workshop Offer ends already evident. At least one affected diesel cars from model Amarok has already received a software update. This was done on Wednesday.
A photo-journalist for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur documented in a VW workshop in the Hanover region that the software has been deployed without problems. At least one other Umrüsttermin has already been assigned. And the Amarok Holder obviously have already received all the Post
documentation . The writes VW Amarok Owners
The start of the conversion confirmed but to dpa-demand initially neither for approving the technical solution competent Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) or the VW headquarters in Wolfsburg. A KBA spokesman said on Wednesday afternoon: “A release of the technical solution for Volkswagen by the KBA is not yet available for an hour.” Whether the recall so without the necessary regulatory approval to start, but it was unclear at first. Everything pointed it indicates an error on the part of VW.
Volkswagen had tampered with a software exhaust test on diesel vehicles. The KBA had ordered a recall of the affected cars in the garages. Of these, about 2.4 million vehicles are affected in Germany. Volkswagen had announced to convert first affected Pick-Up Trucks type Amarok with a 2.0-liter diesel engine
In the letter to the Amarok customers who present the dpa, it says. ” This letter is to inform you that the necessary software is available and your vehicle can be reprogrammed now. “In the VW system for traders, in the DPA took insight is, the update was” immediately and without delay “aufzuspielen .
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Finally, it had been called by the KBA, the authority had the technical solution of VW not yet released – what the speaker is now confirmed. For days and the VW Group had said that the letter to the first holder stood still subject to final KBA released.
A spokesman for the brand, VW Commercial Vehicles, which is responsible for the Amarok, told the dpa Wednesday:. “. The retrofitting program is officially not yet started” The software can download the repairing of a VW server is noisy System detail ready since 25 January
The VWN spokesman also said , the software stand the dealers already available – and earlier this week the corresponding notifications were also dispatched to the affected customers
In the letter to the holder a service number is called, may ask questions of the customer. , When the hotline it said on Wednesday when asked whether one for now as prompted actually should as a concerned party to the garage or if there were reservations: “Of course we go, you make an appointment, otherwise we would have you not a letter sent. “
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