Fiat Chrysler Faces North American Probe on Exhaust Emissions

Fiat Chrysler (FCA) is to be investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for software designed to allow diesel vehicles to exceed exhaust emissions limitations.

The investigation follows revelations by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that FCA used hidden software to allow excess exhaust emissions from its diesel engines to go undetected.

However FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne has told reporters the software did not replicate the outlawed Volkswagen Group software which enabled its vehicles to meet emissions requirements while being tested in laboratories but then exceed them (with associated performance advantages) while being driven on the road.

Both FCA and Volkswagen use software supplied by Robert Bosch GmbH.

EPA