Incommando Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 So Fiat has software that cheats the emissions testing on the "ecodiesel" vehicles. This same cheating cost Volkswagen 4.3 Billion dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I doubt that any of the diesels that can pass current CARB/EPA requirements don't have programming that works to that effect. And I've said that since the VW thing hit the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Unless something new has come up since yesterday morning, the EPA is still treating it as a violation, not a defeat device. From what I've seen, it just pollutes more than it should during extended highway cruising, (whether intentionally or not is what's in question) unlike VW's system that was programmed to recognize the circumstances of a test and completely detuned itself to pass the test, then went back to grossly polluting in all driving conditions shortly after it rolled off the dyno. I don't see this one being quite such a big deal for FCA as VW's issue was. Everyone's just under a lot more scrutiny now after such a major player got away with cheating for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87MJTIM Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 We can be comforted that this issue with Fiat does not effect the Jeep brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogmorgo Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Except it does. The Ecodiesel is in the WK2 as well as the Ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somis Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I have an Ecodiesel Ram 1500 and am concerned about the future of my truck. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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