The recent emission scandals committed by Volkswagen has caused the company to recall 3,877 units of Vento Sedans in India.
In a report, Volkswagen released a statement saying that its India-based branch will be suspending production of the "manual gearbox" variant of the Volkswagen Vento that holds a 1.5L, or .396 gallon, diesel tank.
In a recent investigation carried out by the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), the tests found that Volkswagen Vento Sedans were emitting intermittent carbon monoxide (CO) levels that failed ARAI standards. CO emissions of the vehicle were sometimes exceeding the threshold limits, according to the Conformity of Production (COP) test carried out by ARAI.
A Volkswagen executive had previously announced in February that Volkswagen cars were manufactured in compliance with emission laws carried out in India. The results of the tests run by ARAI, however, say otherwise. Volkswagen Passenger Board Member of Sales and Marketing Jurgen Stackmann guaranteed that all Volkswagen-produced cars followed the standards in India, while he apologized for the failed results their cars produced.
The company has promised to analyze the issues causing the inconsistent CO emissions and plans to submit succeeding resolutions to the ARAI as soon as possible. These resolutions will be applied to all affected Vento Sedans that have already been bought by customers. They further added that the issue "is not connected to the global NOx emissions topic," wherein several pending investigations and court orders are currently looking into Volkswagen.
The Vento 1.5TDI, along with several other DSG automatic transmission variants and diesel Polo models by Volkswagen India are not part of the halted productions. These vehicles have been certified by the company to meet the norms in India and are "technically safe and trustworthy." The said models will continue to be produced and sold in the country.
