I In the wake of the diesel scandal, Mainz has sent initial decommissioning orders to car owners who did not have the prescribed software update installed. According to the state capital, so far 30 vehicle owners have been requested by the vehicle registration office by mail to have their vehicles retrofitted within four weeks. Twelve would have responded immediately, so far a car must be shut down, said a spokesman for the city on Monday on demand.
Affected are vehicle types such as VW Amarok, Audi Avant, VW Golf and Passat, Seat Leon or Skoda Superb and Yeti. For seven diesel owners, a so-called hearing procedure is still underway, in which the authorities examine the circumstances in each individual case.
Also other cities in Rhineland-Palatinate follow suit. Thus 15 decommissioning orders for vehicles of the brands VW, Audi and Skoda adopted. Also in Ludwigshafen appropriate procedures run. However, the city could give no information on their number. In the coming weeks, the 18-month deadline for the mandatory recall of vehicles, in whose engines the prohibited shutdown of the emission control was installed.