It is a never-ending battle for Volkswagen as case after case baffles the car company. It appears that the diesel emission issues are still persisting. At the same time, Volkswagen is joining Porsche and Audi in facing a case regarding consumer fraud that could potentially affect their image and integrity.
12 News reports that the Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has already filed a consumer fraud lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court towards Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche with claims on defrauding Arizonans.
Brnovich said more than 4,000 Arizonans own "clean diesel" vehicles manufactured by Volkswagen and that the car company has defrauded Arizonans by falsely advertising, selling and leasing thousands of so-called environmentally friendly, low-emission clean diesel cars, as cited by the same post.
Even though Volkswagen divulged that in the years 2008 to 2015, it followed the similar suit that Audi and its Porsche counterparts have done and that is the integration of the "defeat device" software into the diesel engines.
This appears to be one of the largest cases of false advertising we have ever seen and Arizona will be at the forefront of a nationwide effort to hold Volkswagen financially accountable. By filing this lawsuit, we are ensuring Arizonans who were defrauded are best positioned to receive a restitution they're entitled to," said Brnovich.
The case is under the scrutinizing eye of Judge Breyer, who is overseeing the class-action lawsuits brought by American car owners, according to NY Times. If Volkswagen fails to present a viable plan that can pacify and satiate the regulators, it would end up in a trial before Judge Breyer by the end of springtime, specifically in the summer months.
Even Erik Gordon, a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan who studies federal multidistrict litigation warned that the presiding Judge will put the hammer down.
"Not in the mood for stalling, that's for sure," Gordon said. With that in mind, as Volkswagen faces the case over diesel emission issues, it needs to present a realistic plan along with Audi, and Porsche to prevent more damages from being incurred on these car makers.
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