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So now, given that "fixing" the problem will cause power loss, and consequently adversely affect fuel economy, wouldn't a number of VW owners opt not to bring i
by msravi 11y ago
So now, given that "fixing" the problem will cause power loss, and consequently adversely affect fuel economy, wouldn't a number of VW owners opt not to bring in their vehicles for the recall? What's the incentive for VW owners to voluntarily bring in their cars for a regressive (in terms of power and mpg) fix?
- jdjdirn 11y agoAlso given that this effects the quality of the product they bought significantly, wouldnt they be entitled to a refund?
- irq 11y agoThe incentive is that, in states that have mandatory smog checking, you will not be able to renew the registration on your car until you get it fixed, rendering it illegal to drive
- hugh4 11y agoUnless you find one of the many, many shonky smog-check places, which surely can't be that hard.
- colordrops 11y agoExcept that it might be hard to get shonky with a VW and keep it under the radar.
- chubs 11y agoI believe VW have promised to replace everyones entire engines. I'm stupefied over how much this will cost, i've seen numbers around to 100B mark. Their market cap is somewhere near half of that. Presumably they think it's better than the brand damage otherwise. I think it's fair to assume they'll go bankrupt over this.
- mineshaftgap 11y agoI seriously doubt Germany would let VW go bankrupt, the government owns twenty percent of the company and they are too big too fail.
- gnoway 11y agoDo you have a link for this? Replacing even 500k engines in the US is indeed stupefying.