Ford has been caught cheating with a wide range of diesel engines spread across Europe, prompting the brand to recall 769,000 cars.
Cheating with diesel cars is apparently a never-ending problem. Ford is now recalling a total of 769,000 cars in Europe due to cheating with diesel engines.
The German transport authority, KBA, has revealed that the particulate filter in a number of diesel models is not working properly from the factory. The KBA believes the problem is found in cars produced from 2014 onwards right up to the present day.
Car owners must take their cars to a workshop to have the particulate filter calibrated. In some cases, it may be necessary to replace the filter completely.
The fault was discovered when a large number of Ford vehicles failed inspections due to excessive emissions levels. Car owners who have already paid to have the particulate filter replaced may be able to have the costs covered by Ford.
This is what Automobilwoche writes.
The recall comes at an inconvenient time for Ford, which is seeing sales in Europe fall by almost 18 percent this year.
In addition to the costs of the recall itself, Ford risks having to pay large fines to the EU for violating emissions regulations. At the same time, it has emerged that interest in the brand's electric cars is so low that it has scaled back production of several models. Read more about it here .
Replacing the particulate filter can cost up to 14,000 Danish kroner per car if Ford does not cover the cost, and car owners have to pay for it themselves. This could be a significant expense for Ford if a large number of cars need to have a new filter installed.
Back home in the US, things aren't going too well with the recalls either. In fact, Boosted reported earlier this year that no other car brand is recalling so many cars in such a short time.
Here at home – that is, in Denmark – the car brand has officially withdrawn from the market and sold the imports to the same people who import passenger cars from Chinese BYD to the country.
