Federal Trade Commission sues Volkswagen in the US

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The woes continue for Volkswagen in the United States, with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) joining the bandwagon of parties taking legal action against the automaker – the FTC is suing VW’s American arm, alleging that the company falsely advertised in commercials that it was selling clean, environmentally-friendly diesels to US consumers when it was not.

The agency is accusing VW of deceiving customers – through its ‘Clean Diesel’ ad campaign, which has since been pulled – into buying more than 550,000 diesel vehicles based on fraudulent claims made via the campaign.

The FTC is seeking a court order requiring Volkswagen to compensate American consumers who bought or leased an affected vehicle between late 2008 and late 2015, as well as an injunction to prevent Volkswagen from engaging in this type of conduct again.

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“For years Volkswagen’s ads touted the company’s ‘Clean Diesel’ cars even though it now appears Volkswagen rigged the cars with devices designed to defeat emissions tests. Our lawsuit seeks compensation for the consumers who bought affected cars based on Volkswagen’s deceptive and unfair practices,” FTC chairwoman Edith Ramirez said.

Last week, it was reported that an April 21 deadline has been given to VW and US regulators to agree on a fix for nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles affected by the automaker’s emissions cheating scandal. If a deal isn’t reached on the issue by then, it might go to trial.

Earlier this year, the US Justice Department sued VW for up to US$46 billion for violating the country’s environmental laws, and VW, as well as its Audi and Porsche brands, remain barred from selling any new 2016 diesel models in the United States.

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Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

Comments

  • US sharks r gud, but SG sharks r best in whole universe. They can find high emission from a no emission car. SG legal sharks winliaolor (for a price, that is).

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    • Yusof on Mar 30, 2016 at 6:30 pm

      When are Malaysian customers also going to sue?

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      • MY sharks r currently busy trying to be next Gov. Pls hold and u will be attended to in 20 years time. Thank you for your cooperation and have a nice day.

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        • james on Mar 30, 2016 at 9:11 pm

          Sue them until they close shop everywhere please. Never hate VW so much before buying their car.

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      • VGM Pls Close Shop on Mar 30, 2016 at 7:49 pm

        People in US are o lucky. VW owners in Malaysia are unlucky cause VGM and DRB hicom got marriage. And DRB is Gomen. We cannot sue Gomen. But VW owners in Malaysia pray very hard for 3 things

        1) 10 year Warranty on DSG
        2) Fixed Resale Value after 7 year Loan finished
        3) Free Courtesy Car and Tow Truck 8x a year.

        VW owners are still facing problems with their DSG in Malaysia despite using mineral oil. Cars are juddering and breaking down. People buy RM200k car but have to stand in the hot sun waiting for the tow truck to come every other month.

        How is VGM going to compensate the 21 anual leave that VW customers completely use to repair and fix problems?

        In would be good if VGM also give a fixed trade in value after 7 years cause now, even used car salesman don’t want to touch our cars. Our 2nd hand value has become a joke. Passat 2014 used car dealers are offering RM70k

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        • Muniandy Periasamy on Mar 30, 2016 at 8:52 pm

          Actually VW owners kena playback by VGM themselves with their Firesale recently. VGM sell Passat for Rm116k and Jetta for RM88k brand new when customers few months ago bought brand new at RM180k and RM140k (Jetta)

          VGM themselves make the RV fall. VGM should compensate owners in cash

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        • james on Mar 30, 2016 at 9:13 pm

          200K? Let’s be real. 200K car for 100K price. Literally junk

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        • superdriver on Mar 31, 2016 at 9:31 am

          Never new german car so bad…Pity the owners ,real heart ache. A car is really big expenditure in malaysia second to purchasing a house. Even if the RV is a bad , the car should be in working condition with minimal problems.

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  • Same L0rrrr on Mar 30, 2016 at 6:19 pm

    If like this, Proton has been sued long time in Malaysia. Don’t play play with their quality.

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    • Toyota quality even more jangan persoal. Fire power windows that can burn whole car is apparently less serious than power windows that doesnt open.

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