Porsche has to recall 60,000 cars


In the Porsche Macan, the auditors are said to have found illegal defeat devices.
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The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt forces the automaker to call 60,000 vehicles around the world in the workshops. Porsche says they have informed the authorities about “irregularities”.

Porsche On the orders of the Federal Motor Transport Authority, it has to recall around 60,000 diesel engines worldwide due to insufficient emission control. It concerns scarcely 53,000 vehicles of the SUV model Macan 3.0 TDI and scarcely 6800 of the model Cayenne 4.2 TDI, the Office said , In Germany, a good 15,000 Macan and 4,000 Cayenne would have to be called to the workshops. Reason for this are illegal shut-off devices, which let the exhaust gas purification work on the test bench, but not on the road. “Due to the built-in defeat devices, it can be elevated during operation of the vehicles NOx emissions “, said the Federal Agency (KBA) – the abbreviation stands for nitrogen oxides.

Because Germany, according to the European Commission, is too hesitant about nitrogen oxide emissions, the Brussels authorities announced on Thursday that they would sue the German government. According to a report by the “Spiegel”, the examiners found five of the illegal facilities in the Macan. Porsche explained that it had already informed the authorities in February about “irregularities”.

At the end of January, Reuters had learned from insiders that Porsche was using the KBA Negotiated another round of recall of Macan models with six-cylinder engine. In 2016, Porsche had called the Macan for a “voluntary service action” in the workshops. Even then, it was about a controversial exhaust function, which should be removed with a software update.