US regulators widen probe into VW diesel vehicles

[sabloke]

US regulators widen probe into VW diesel vehicles (http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/us-regulators-widen-probe-into-vw-diesel-vehicles_522363.html)

US safety regulators widened their probe of more than 97,000 Volkswagen AG diesel vehicles after receiving reports that appeared to link engine problems with a failure of the vehicles' fuel pumps.

Regulators and VW received 160 complaints and field reports indicating a failure of the high pressure fuel pump in these vehicles may have caused a loss of power or engine stalls in some instances.

How bad is deezl in US? :)

[kaanage]

We need to get this moved to the Diesels forum (it's been discussed there a bit as a sidetrack to another topic)

The problem looks more like a design fault in the low pressure section of the Bosch rail fuel pump. This is great as it may result in a worldwide recall to replace the pumps before they fail and trash the entire fuel system (injector, lines, tank, etc as well as the pump).