VW diesels get over 42 mpg, and are about the cleanest engines on the planet. They pollute far less than any gasoline engine, and certainly less than 8 mpg US made SUVs that no one seems to worry about. That is the obvious fraud.

Jetta came in 4Motion after 2014, and Golf started 4Motion in 2015, so you can’t test them on a 2 wheel dynanometer.

Anyone that claims the emission control knows if the back wheels are turning or not, is lying. You can’t run a VW on a 2 wheel dynanometer because it ruins the traction control and causes the car to go into limp mode.

Toxic invisible gasoline exhaust is much more of an issue than the pollution you can see.

Except that NOx is only a problem in dense urban areas, and since VW only optimized performance at highway speeds, then it only happened outside of the cites. And outside of the cities, NOx is fertilizer, exactly what farmer always use. NOx is not at all toxic, and can only slightly become corrosive, which is much…

Except the emissions system has no connections to the steering sensor, which only connect to the traction control. Totally independent systems.

Of course the car went into a strange mode when the warning light went on. All modern cars are designed to reduce power when any of the warning lights come on, for safety and prevent further damage.

@DeltaOne, but the emission systems can’t tell if the traction control is off or not, nor can it tell if the back wheels are spinning or not, so this whole claim of dyno detection is obviously false. What VW actually did was speed detection, and become unrestricted at highway speeds.

Absurd. Not only have I never heard of a VW eating a camshaft ever, but a camshaft is about $200 parts and labor. Anyone who would replace an EGR on a diesel is an idiot, and anyone paying $5k for nothing is a fool.

Thats ridiculous. VW diesels routinely go over 350k miles and are about the most reliable engines on the planet.