european fears VW diesel fixes could harm engines

BERLIN the eu fee fears steps taken via Volkswagen to refit polluting diesel automobiles may also harm the cars' engines, the Spiegel magazine pronounced, mentioning unidentified body of workers at the eu Union's government branch.

software program updates achieved through Volkswagen (VW) may want to inflict more stress on engine additives, Spiegel referred to a member of group of workers at the Brussels-based totally commission as saying.

fee officers are basing their issues on comments from professionals on the "Vela" emissions laboratory in northern Italy, the weekly mag said, with out presenting extra element.

The commission changed into no longer without delay to be had to comment.

Germany-primarily based VW denied its technical changes would reason harm to the vehicles.

"The software update will have no detrimental influences on (gasoline) intake or the sturdiness of the engine and its components," a company spokesman stated.

eu consumer affairs commissioner Vera Jourova has sought to ramp up pressure on VW to compensate european owners of rigged diesel vehicles and has asked the carmaker for ensures its technical fixes will work.

"We need VW to guarantee, in a legally binding way and without any time restriction, that the repairs will work and do now not have any bad impact," a fee official instructed Reuters on Monday.

customer companies and politicians in Germany had been angered with the aid of VW's refusal to provide reimbursement, noting drivers are stymied in many european countries through their incapability to document U.S.-fashion elegance action complaints.

Germany's VZBV patron lobby is backing the eu's name for VW to assure its technical fixes will don't have any bad outcomes on motors. but it made no development in a assembly with VW on Friday to comfy any such guarantee, a spokeswoman stated.

"an advanced assure assertion isn't always necessary," a VW spokesman said, noting the carmaker's diesel fixes had been problem to comprehensive exams to ensure there will be no poor effect on engine components or emissions clean-up systems.

Germany's KBA motor car authority has so far cleared 5.6 million diesel motors suffering from VW's emissions-take a look at dishonest scandal for restore. VW said on Friday the quantity of automobiles refitted had greater than doubled to 1.23 million in current weeks from 500,000 formerly.

Approval by way of the KBA is valid for countries during Europe wherein 8.five million automobiles of nearly eleven million automobiles worldwide are affected.

VW organization models with 1.2-litre and a pair of.0-litre engines simplest require a software replace on pollution manage structures, whereas approximately three million 1.6-litre engines, besides the software program replace, additionally require a mesh to be hooked up close to the air clear out.