Luc Pauwels from Belgium’s VRT News took his Vauxhall (GM) Opel Astra in for service, and a mechanic there disclosed that Vauxhall had asked him to flash the firmware of any diesel Opel Zafira to remove a defeat-device that caused it to emit 500% of the legal NOx limit — an order that came down right after the Dieselgate scandal broke. (more…)
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GM’s Dieselgate: mechanics privately admit update removes crimeware from Opel cars
