U.S. Authorities Find MORE Cheat Software On Volkswagen Vehicles

U.S. authorities have found three unapproved software programs in 3.0 liter diesel engines made by Volkswagen's Audi unit, German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported, without saying where it had obtained the information.

The software allowed the turbocharged direct injection (TDI) engines used in Audi's Q7, Porsche's Cayenne and VW's Touareg models to shut down emissions control systems after about 22 minutes, the paper said. Official methods to measure emissions usually last about 20 minutes, it added.

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MDarringer - 8/8/2016 11:01:00 AM

+1 Boost

Audi...Truth In Engineering

atc98092 - 8/8/2016 11:14:19 AM

+3 Boost

This doesn't sound like anything new. It was already reported that the software was disabled in a manner similar to this. It only sounds like more detail was leaked.

Kind of glad I hadn't upgraded my Passat to a Q5, since they still haven't come up with an acceptable fix, or their public response (buyback or something else).

quizz - 8/8/2016 1:11:08 PM

+2 Boost

If the software is simply a timer mechanism as described, the easy fix would be to turn off the timer and keep the engine ECU operating at the "correct" settings just like the first 20 minutes operation. Right? There must be more to this cheat, because the U.S. have refused every proposed 3.0 fix so far, but the only detail on the cheat itself has been this timing mechanism. But the premise has always been that the first 20 minutes of operations is "clean" mode, so keep it in clean mode!

PUGPROUD - 8/9/2016 9:36:57 AM

+1 Boost

"And the hits keep on coming"...Casey Kasem