Why Fiat Chrysler Sued by the U.S Department of Justice?

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Volkswagen shouldn’t be considered the only main automaker moved into court for cheating on diesel ejections tests in the past few years. According to the EPA allegations from January, the U.S Department of Justice has sued Fiat Chrysler for purportedly using a combination of outdated devices and hardware to cheat regulators into assuming its 3.0 liter Eco-Diesel engines are better and eco-friendly. In the model year 2014-2016 at least 104,000 Ram 1500 and Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles violated the Clean Air Act by meeting ejection rules in EPA testing. But, it is bringing much higher level of nitrogen oxide in at least every day driving conditions. This case might demand other penalties & fine including forcing Fiat Chrysler to maintain and fix affected vehicles.

The EPA warned earlier that a fine can be increased at least 4.6 billion U.S dollars. It is lower as compare to settlement from VW of 14.7 billion U.S dollars. But, this case shouldn’t be compared to the settlement amount of VW because new allegation was cheating with more than 500,000 vehicles. It is important that VW had confessed to its regarding practices, but Fiat Chrysler was still denying for doing anything wrong. The company informed Reuters that they are very disappointed with the lawsuit and denied for cheating using outdated devices. The company is planning a software update and hoping that it would specifically address the concern of EPA officials because the company doesn’t need any chance. The U.S Department of Justice was filing its lawsuit and at the same time German officials were searching Daimler offices due to an investigation into diesel fraud.