Irish Volkswagen emissions recall starts next week

Volkswagen has begun its recall of the cars in Ireland which were affected by the global emissions scandal, with Golf 2lt TDI Blue Motion models to start being fixed next week.

In total, some 117,000 cars here will need to be recalled as they are fitted with “defeat devices” which detects when the car is undergoing testing and reduces its engine output thereby cutting its nitrogen oxide emissions.

Volkswagen says there are 2,500 2l Golfs in Ireland which need to be fixed. The company had intended to start with the 2l Passat, of which there are roughly 9,500 in Ireland, but Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority has not approved that proposed fix as yet. It is anticipated that it will be the next model to be recalled, after the 2l Golfs, in a matter of weeks.