Do the doors themselves need to be clear of snow and ice for the door sensors to detect objects and open properly? And if the door or its sensors fail, can you just yank the door open? Thanks!

I think it’s a bit too early to recommend that people buy the affected TDIs until everyone knows how VW is going to remedy the high NOx emissions. It could be by nerfing the car to the point of near-undrivability, especially those without a DEF system. If you are successful in getting one before it’s fixed, then you…

I think it’s going to be bigger fine than that. If you look at the EPA letter, both the EPA and CARB have been asking VW for years why independent testing showed high emissions while the EPA testing showed compliance. VW continued to say it was due to “technical issues”. Only when the EPA and CARB refused to grant…