Volkswagen today provided information about the affected vehicles, so SIVA is advising its clients to “entre the chassis number of their vehicle on the platform at www.volkswagen.pt" or to call the brand on 808308989 or write to apoio.clientes@siva.pt.


The communiqué said the “problems do not affect the vehicle’s safety or represent any danger on the road".


The communiqué said nothing about Audi or Skoda, and Seat is imported by another company.


On 18 September the US Environmental protection Agency accused Volkswagen of faking the engine performance in terms of pollutants by using software installed in the vehicles.


Two days later, Volkswagen admitted it had faked the data and announced that 11 million cars would be recalled worldwide, a scandal that led to the resignation of the CEO, Martin Winterkorn, who has been replaced by Matthias Mueller.