This time, the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed claims against the concern. According to the agency's representatives, during certification tests of three-liter diesel engines installed on Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs and Ram 1500 pickups, harmful emission indicators were understated thanks to specially embedded software.
If guilt is proven, the automaker will have to recall over 100,000 such vehicles sold on the American market over the past three years. The total amount of possible fines could reach $4.6 billion.
FCA head Sergio Marchionne has already rushed to refute the accusations, stating that no additional devices were used during testing, and in his characteristic joking manner expressed doubt about the adequacy of his opponents.
It is worth recalling that back in autumn, the German Ministry of Transport suspected the concern of hiding real CO emission indicators for models with the two-liter Multijet II diesel, but the results of that check have not yet been made public.
