An investigation by the German weekly “Der Spiegel”, the “Monitor” public television program ARD and the environmental organization Deutsche Umwelthilfe points to possible manipulation of pollutant emissions in two diesel Opel models: the Zafira and Astra.
According to their report, presented today at the Opel Zafira 1.6 CDTi is a software that disconnects the cleaning devices emissions on numerous occasions, depending on factors such as temperature, speed or revolutions.
Tests indicate that the engine software is programmed so that these cleaning devices are turned off when the outside temperature is below 17 degrees or if it exceeds 33, when driving more than 140 kilometers per hour above 850 meters or at more than 2,400 revolutions.
In the case of Astra 1.6 CDTi, said the environmental NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe have also been detected “alarming values” of emissions in road tests.
In a press conference, the spokesman for the German Ministry of Transport Ingo Strater said the commission created after the scandal handling emissions in diesel Volkswagen models analyze new allegations the manufacturer Opel, cited for next week.
In a statement issued yesterday, when the media involved advanced part of his report, Opel said that at no time been used in their vehicles programs to detect if a car is being subjected to an emissions test and referred to the examinations taken by the brand in different countries.
“Our software was never designed to deceive or defraud,” said Opel Underlining its full cooperation with investigations by the German authorities after the scandal of Volkswagen.
On 22 April, the German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt, warned that 17 vehicle manufacturers who had investigated could be disconnected erratically devices emission control of some of its models, actually more polluting than allowed.
From the analysis of 53 diesel models, said the minister, shows that “none” has a device that truque emissions as that mounted Volkswagen in millions of units, but suspicion They led the Ministry to agree with the German manufacturers “voluntary” review of 630,000 vehicles.
The brands and models affected are German Audi (A6), Porsche (Macan), Volkswagen (Amarok Crafter), Opel (Insignia, Zafira) and Mercedes (V250 bluetec).
The models of non-German manufacturers are Alfa Romeo (Giulietta), Chevrolet (Cruze), Dacia (Sandero), Fiat (Ducato), Ford (C-Max), Hyundai (ix35 , i20), Jaguar (XE), Jeep (Cherokee), Land Rover (Range Rover), Nissan (Navara), Renault (Kadjar) and Suzuki (Vitara).
The environmental NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe has submitted all the studies done in recent months to the German Ministry of Transport and asked Opel to halt the sale of all diesel models of the firm with those “illegals.” devices
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