{"id":90621,"date":"2025-07-03T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T08:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ru.law\/?p=90621"},"modified":"2025-07-08T09:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T07:31:58","slug":"volvo-inmitten-eines-diesel-abgasskandals-zulassungsverbot-fuer-130-000-fahrzeuge-droht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ru.law\/en\/volvo-inmitten-eines-diesel-abgasskandals-zulassungsverbot-fuer-130-000-fahrzeuge-droht\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo in the midst of a diesel emissions scandal \u2013 registration ban for 130,000 vehicles threatened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volvo is currently at the center of a comprehensive diesel emissions scandal that poses a significant legal and reputational challenge to the company. After an extensive investigation, the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has determined beyond a doubt that many of the manufacturer's diesel models contain illegal defeat devices. This represents a clear and serious violation of European and German vehicle registration law. According to reports, a ban on the registration of 130,000 vehicles appears inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authority\u2019s verdict \u2013 clear and final<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authority's decision is clear: In the affected vehicle models, such as the Volvo XC60 2.0 D (Euro 5), the exhaust gas purification system only functions within a narrow temperature range between 15 and 30 degrees Celsius. Outside this range, nitrogen oxide emissions exceed the permissible level, which, according to consistent case law of the European Court of Justice, constitutes prohibited manipulation under Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No. 715\/2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In concrete terms, this could mean that these vehicles should never have received type approval \u2013 they are illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, Volvo allowed the hearing period granted to it to expire without correcting the defects \u2013 an act of willful ignorance or disregard of German and European registration law. As a result, the KBA issued a binding recall notice \u2013 the first step toward the permanent decommissioning of all affected vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

130,000 vehicles affected in Germany \u2013 road ban threatened<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What initially began with a recall of 1,700 vehicles is now developing into a nationwide manipulation scandal: According to internal investigations by the authority, all Volvo diesel models are affected. This means that 130,000 vehicles were illegally put on the road in Germany. Their operating permits are objectively invalid\u2014and their registration is therefore illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could be that a nationwide road ban is imminent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legal situation clear \u2013 catastrophic for Volvo<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volvo is faced with a choice between two exclusively negative scenarios:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergency legal protection against the recall notice<\/strong> \u2013 a legally hopeless step. Any attempt to temporarily halt the proceedings will almost certainly fail. The ECJ and the administrative courts have already taken a clear position: a temperature-dependent shutdown of exhaust gas purification is inadmissible in almost all cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main proceedings<\/strong>, which would drag on for several years. However, even during this process, Volvo must immediately remove the illegal software \u2013 a measure the manufacturer is apparently neither willing nor able to implement. If Volvo fails to comply with this obligation, the statutory deadline will expire, and the KBA will immediately forcibly decommission the affected vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Billion dollar lawsuits inevitable \u2013 consumers have a right to return<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all those affected whose cases are still open or whose cases were dismissed in the first instance, we recommend keeping these cases open and exhausting all legal remedies. Based on the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court's ruling, legal expenses insurance should now provide coverage for the further proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to public law sanctions, a wave of class-action civil lawsuits is looming. The legal framework is clearly defined by numerous supreme court rulings: According to these, buyers of the affected vehicles are entitled to a full rescission of the purchase contract, based on Section 826 of the German Civil Code (BGB), Section 823 (2) of the German Civil Code (BGB) in conjunction with Section 263 of the German Criminal Code (StGB), and Article 5 of Regulation (EC) 715\/2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result: return of the vehicle and refund of the purchase price, minus a small usage fee. With tens of thousands of affected cases, the rescission costs add up to a sum that poses an existential risk for Volvo. Therefore, "first come, first served!" applies. Respond NOW!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cbuyback\u201d will not be a voluntary act, but a court-enforced liability for intentional fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key witness to their own downfall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's explosive: Volvo has already closed the diesel chapter by 2024. According to the press, the true reason is now revealed: a retreat from the technology to avoid responsibility. The engineers who could have carried out the retrofitting were long ago dismissed \u2013 the problem was outsourced, postponed, and suppressed. But now the truth can no longer be suppressed: Volvo cheated. The vehicles are illegal. The consequences are inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, the factual and legal situation is clear \u2013 Volvo must take responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The public was lied to, buyers cheated, and the environment was damaged. Volvo knowingly violated applicable law and must now face comprehensive legal responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consequences are clear:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n