[Yo-Yo]

I can easily be fixed. Change the programming to have the "emissions suite" on at all times, and extend the engine warranty to 200,000 miles to cover any reduction in engine reliability or longevity.

The mileage calculated by the EPA would have been determined with the "test mode" emissions, so as far as a reduction in mileage, the car will still meet the advertised mileage on the window sticker, so no liability there. Customers actually got more than they were entitled to.

Or do the right thing and leave the cars alone. The world hasn't come to a halt because of some excess NO_x emissions under certain load conditions, so in actuality no harm no foul. Pay a few million in fines, get your hand slapped, and move on with life.

[Charles Martel]

I’m certain that “Submit to all UAW demands” is going to be incorporated into any solution.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

And let the owners loose 50+hp and 100+ lbs of torque? It’s suck city.

Those engines were good for 300k miles some say.

[JeanLM]

We have two Mack diesel tractors that probably emit each as much NO2 as a fleet of VW’s. Not planning on doing anything but run them every day.

[Jack Black]

The mileage calculated by the EPA would have been determined with the "test mode" emissions

Do you that for a fact, or are you just speculating? I suspect the test mode is not used for calculating the MPG.

[hoagy62]

Or do the right thing and leave the cars alone. The world hasn't come to a halt because of some excess NOx emissions under certain load conditions, so in actuality no harm no foul. Pay a few million in fines, get your hand slapped, and move on with life.

Your solution is great.

However...rest assured it'll never get implented because some long-haired, Gaia-worshipping, granola-eating, Birkenstock-wearing, butt-ugly libtard freak (male or female) will come protesting with their brain-dead fellow travellers, weeping before the cameras, screaming, "The Erf is dyyyyyiiiinnnnngggg!!!!!! Somebody saaaave the Errrrffffff!!!!!"

[kingu]

The mileage calculated by the EPA would have been determined with the "test mode" emissions, so as far as a reduction in mileage, the car will still meet the advertised mileage on the window sticker, so no liability there.

I'm really confused; when did the EPA take over for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration who I thought still conducted and did the certification for the sticker city and highway MPG numbers? And if the NHTSA still conducts those tests, when did they start doing emissions testing during those exams?

[Balding_Eagle]

Yes, simple, fast, easy.

It should be implemented by installing a plug on the port where rest instrumentation is plugged in.

That was the customer can remove it and have a real car again when they get home from the mechanic.

[No Socialist]

Maybe we need to change the EPA, not the cars.

In Germany the cars get even better gas mileage. Democrats and environmentalists are so eager to find a way to cure “climate change” but they conveniently forget the rest of the world is not even close to EPA standards.

[Secret Agent Man]

The fines in question are not a mere few million but a few billion.