Korea confirms VW emissions rigging, suspends sales
Nov 26, 2015
The government Thursday confirmed that Volkswagen used software to manipulate emissions levels in cars sold in Korea and ordered a recall of over 120,000 vehicles, a decision expected to lead to more lawsuits from local customers.The Environment Ministry said it found the defeat device software working in the Volkswagen Tiguan Euro 5 equipped with the EA189 engine. The device turned on the exhaust gas recirculation system in the indoor test to fake the emissions levels and turned off the system