While talking to owners of vehicles facing emissions accusations, one common question or concern often arises: ‘how can there be an issue if I haven’t had it repaired?’ Based heavily on violations of governmental regulations, deep software coding and heavy competition in the diesel vehicle realm, emissions scandals do not…
A number of stories have emerged regarding car and truck makers being accused of using illegal defeat devices and/or cheat software to hide their diesel vehicles’ true emissions. While Volkswagen made the most news due to the sheer extent of its diesel cheating scandal, other manufacturers have been accused of the…
California owners of certain diesel BMW vehicles now must take a closer look at their legal rights in the wake of a class action filing against the manufacturer for the alleged use of ‘defeat devices’ that result in excessive emissions, damaging their vehicles, reducing their value on resale and placing…
Source: Michael Karkafiris – Carscoops Ford is being sued by nearly 7,000 Fiesta and Focus owners over defective PowerShift dual-clutch transmissions. The issue is known to Ford for years, with the suit claiming that 2012-16 Focus and 2011-16 Fiesta sedans come with faulty PowerShift transmissions prone to “shuddering, slipping, bucking,…
