[blackwasp]

According to a media report, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will pay more than US$ 650 million to settle a case over diesel emission cheating. The settlement includes fines to the government, California regulators, compensation to vehicle owners as well as settlements with other states.

It is reported that over 100,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs and Ram pickup trucks are involved. Owners of such vehicles could get up to US$ 2,800 each. Apart from this, part of the settlement includes US$ 311 million in fines and US$ 72 million to other states.

The affected vehicles are powered by a 3.0-litre diesel engine. It has been reported that unlike Volkswagen’s cheat device that detected when the car was undergoing testing, the FCA vehicles were alleged to be tweaked to Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) testing cycle, while it showcased increased emission in off-cycle, normal on-road conditions.

The official announcement is expected to be made later this week by the US Department of Justice and the EPA.



Source: Jalopnik, AP

Link to the Team-BHP News

[volkman10]

FCA To Pay Jeep And Ram Owners Up To $3,075 For Its Dirty EcoDiesel Engines,

The fallout surrounding FCA’s 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 engine continues as the company has received final approval of multiple consent decrees and a class-action lawsuit settlement.


Starting with the latter, people who bought or leased a 2014-2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee or Ram 1500 pickup with the EcoDiesel engine will be able to receive compensation.

Original owners will be able to receive a $3,075 payment and second-hand owners will be eligible for $2,460. Lessees, former lessees and former owners will only get up to $990.

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[volkman10]

FCA manager charged with lying about emissions even after VW scandal

A grand jury indicted a senior manager at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) (FCHA.MI) on charges he lied to regulators about diesel emissions, alleging the deception continued even after a scandal over cheating on government environmental tests

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[ValarMorghulis]

Daimler fined nearly $1 billion for selling cars that cheated emissions tests

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/24/2...-cheating-fine

[volkman10]

FCA offices in Europe searched in German emissions probe.

they were searching offices as part of an international fraud investigation into potentially illegal emissions cheating defeat devices found in engines used in Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep and Iveco vehicles.

Potentially illegal software has been detected in Multijet engines used in Alfa Romeo, Jeep and Fiat cars as well as in commercial diesel engines used in Iveco and Fiat commercial vehicles
Although these cars passed pollution tests in a laboratory, the cars used software to largely switch off exhaust emissions filtering while driving on the road.

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[Venkatesh]

FCA and Iveco's offices were searched in connections with the scandal. An illegal software was detected in FCA's 1.3 and 1.6 diesel Multijet Engines. The engines powered FCA cars and were also supplied to other OEMs

The 1.3-litre & 1.6-litre MultiJet diesel engines are under probe for cheating emissions results.



The Fiat 1.3-litre Multijet diesel engine has been super successful in India and was a mainstay in European cars as well.

https://www.carandbike.com/news/germ...-probe-2267531