SEJONG, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government on Monday said it will ban sales and revoke certifications of dozens of Volkswagen models that are suspected to have passed the local authentication process with doctored reports. The Ministry of Environment said it has received an official request for cooperation from the Seoul Central District [...]
SEJONG, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) probe into Ford Explorer exhaust fumes entering the vehicle’s passenger compartment, the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport also revealed Thursday that it would launch an investigation into the Explorers sold in Korea. According to Reuters, 154 complaints were filed with [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of foreign cars in South Korea shed 3.5 percent on-year in June, weighed down by a slump of German automaker Volkswagen Group in the wake of a widening probe into its emissions scandal here, industry data showed Wednesday. A total of 23,435 units of imported cars were registered [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A former CEO of the local branch of Volkswagen was summoned by prosecutors Tuesday over the German carmaker’s alleged irregularities that came to light following last year’s emissions scandal. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office summoned Park Dong-hoon as a material witness to gain background information. Prosecutors said his [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – German carmaker Volkswagen on Wednesday ruled out compensations to South Korean owners of Volkswagen cars for cheating on emissions, a move that could spark anger and disappointment from local consumers. Volkswagen said its agreements reached with the U.S. regulators and private plaintiffs over the scandal “are not an admission” [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Volkswagen is now facing a lawsuit from Korean consumers of one of the company’s gasoline vehicles, the seventh generation Golf 1.4 TSI. A total of 26 vehicle owners filed a lawsuit Monday against the German Volkswagen Group, Audi-Volkswagen Korea, and the car’s domestic distributor, through Barun Law LLC, a [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul prosecutors formally arrested an executive of the local unit of Volkswagen on Friday over his alleged involvement in the German carmaker’s irregularities that came into light following its emissions scandal. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to arrest the executive in charge of the vehicles’ certification [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent investigation has revealed that Audi Volkswagen Korea ignored the Ministry of Environment’s warning about excessive NOx emissions from the company’s diesel vehicles five years ago. “The ministry requested that Audi Volkswagen Korea provide improvement measures for its diesel vehicles’ excessive emissions of NOx in 2011, which the [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Volkswagen customers have submitted a petition to the Ministry of Environment, demanding that their vehicle purchases be refunded in lieu of a recall. Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said Thursday that Audi Volkswagen Korea arbitrarily changed key parts of some 50,000 vehicles, altering their emissions. The ministry rejected Volkswagen’s [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands of Volkswagen owners plan to ask South Korea’s environment ministry to order the local unit of the German carmaker to refund the cost of their cars, a lawyer said Wednesday. Jason Ha, who represents about 4,400 Volkswagen owners at Barun Law, said he will formally file the petition [...]