Volkswagen Recall in Vermont

Details: Created on Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:50; Written by Kaitlyn Manktelow

Lyndon- A scandal involving the car company Volkswagen broke out last week when the company admitted to cheating the emissions tests for their cars. This scandal hits close to home as almost 3 thousand cars, registered in Vermont, may be affected.

11 million Volkswagen cars are said to be affected by this pollution scandal world wide. Volkswagen purposefully equipped the engines of these cars to trick the emissions system into passing them.

The Vermont Attorney General's office has announced their decision to sue the German car company since the affected cars can be producing up to 40 times more pollution than the allowed amount.The lawsuit claims that Volkswagen has violated the Vermont Consumer Protection Act, stating that the company sold these cars claiming they were environmentally friendly but were fully aware of their deceit.

The affected cars let off more polution which creates a smog that is not only harmful to the environment but to people's health as well. The smog can be especially dangerous to those with asthma and lung cancer.

A Volkswagen owner, Lejna Mustafic, says that she can see both the consumer's and Volkswagen's sides of the story.

"I mean I don't blame them because they say farming is taken very seriously here and people do depend on it for like food and stock and all that stuff. am I against it? No, because I am a business major I know the different sides. You can't be like-you know it's a dog eat dog world. They are just trying to protect what's theirs while as Volkswage is just trying to protect their income and their profit. Because they are efficient cars and do get good gas mileage, but people don't really know the hidden faces of it."

Volkswagen owners whould be warned that the affected models are the cars fitted with the suspected software. These include the Volkswagen Beetle, Jetta, Golf and Passat as well as the Audi A3 diesel models from the year 2008 and on.

Mustafic states that although she can see the business side of things, she thinks the lawsuit is the only reasonable course of action.

"Personally I think that a law suit is what needs to happen. Just because as much as I feel so strongly about Volkswagen and love my car and love everything they are about, I just feel like it's kind of in the wrong."

Vermonters with the recalled cars are urged to call the assistance program at 802-656-3183 as they may be part of any future settlements.

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