Jeep and Ram trucks accused of Dieselgate-style cheating by the EPA

[Guest Chris Mills]

The EPA has issued a statement accusing Fiat-Chrysler of violating the Clean Air Act by "failing to disclose engine management software" in 2014-2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee and RAM 1500 trucks that use the 3.0-liter diesel V6 engine.

 

Those accusations obviously sound a lot like what VW was found to have done in a range of diesel cars, using software to change engine characteristics in order to pass emissions tests conducted by the EPA. In VW's case, the "defeat device" detected when an emissions test was being administered, and lowered the engine's output in order to pass the test. The car then increased performance -- and emissions -- when being driven normally on the road.

 

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