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Owners of Volkswagen diesel vehicles throughout California are shocked by the most recent scandal in the industry: VW’s emissions-test rigging. The extensive nature of the scandal may even leave vehicle owners with a chance of getting Volkswagen to buy back the “rigged” cars. Los Angeles federal court already saw a class action lawsuit filed that demands an immediate buyback according to California emissions laws. An injunction hearing was requested for November. If the plaintiffs win at the injunction hearing, they would be requesting that a refund program be in place by the end of 2015. The suit argues on the basis of California express warranty law that VW has two options. First, they can buyback the vehicles at purchase price. Second, they can provide replacement cars unless the vehicles can be retrofit in a reasonable number of attempts. As VW has already stated that doing so would take a year or longer, it is argued this leaves them with only one option: to buyback the vehicles. …show more content…

makes the case fairly viable. (The vehicles “affected” were sold with what can only be described as “secret” software designed to trick emissions and pollution tests). VW advised it would take at least a year to address the issue through recall and repair. The California Air Resources Board and the Environmental Protection Agency are both insisting that VW fix the affected diesel vehicles that, while able to successfully adhere to emissions limitations in a lab setting, are known to emit up to 40 times the legal limit for emissions when on the

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