Disgruntled Diesel VW Owners Are Stripping Their Cars Before Turning Them In

Part of Volkswagen’s $14.7 billion Dieselgate settlement requires the company to offer buybacks to nearly half a million owners whose cars cheated emissions tests. But that settlement does not stipulate that those bought-back cars have to be in good shape, so some owners are stripping their vehicles down.

According to the buyback terms specified in the EPA’s Consent Decree, the only requirement related to vehicle condition is that the car has to be “operable,” a word defined by the court
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MrEE - 12/16/2016 4:20:17 PM

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This appears to risk a "dismantled" classification.

atc98092 - 12/16/2016 4:45:11 PM

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My Jetta has a dented rear passenger door, as well as some other issues with the car. But it still runs, and that's the condition is it being returned in 2 weeks from now. I don't feel the need to "get back" at VW, because while what they did was wrong and underhanded, the current NOx emissions requirement is beyond what is necessary for cleaner air. The only reason my Passat is going back is because the cash offer is too good to pass up. There's no way I would strip either of them before my scheduled appointment.

MDarringer - 12/16/2016 7:27:09 PM

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Not only that, but stripping the cars make the person as much of a douchebag as douchebag VW was for scamming them in the first place.