kolkata in wake of the emission scandal volkswagen today said it will recall 190 lakh cars sold in the country starting next month to fix the emission software the company said that the recall is purely voluntary in nature as it did not face any charges regarding violating emission norms in india unlike the us starting from the second half of 2016 volkswagen will recall 190 lakh cars and continue till ten months volkswagen india head of marketing kamal basu told pti since recall was done in the us to fix the emission software the company decided to do also the same in india to keep updated with the changes made outside he said starting from july communication would be sent to the customers regarding this and also to make them understand that the recall was purely voluntary in nature basu added read also arai didnt show us any report vw india chief the company also need approval of the regulator for the recall volkswagen complied with all the emission norms compliant with bharat stage iv standards he said read also maruti suzuki recalls over 75k baleno to fix airbag issue the german auto major had admitted use of defeat device in 11 million diesel engine cars sold in the us europe and other global markets that allowed manipulation of emissions tests by changing the performance of the vehicles to improve results when the emission scandal broke out in the us volkswagen india saw a drop in sales but now the trend has reversed basu said pti published on jun 4 2016 at 0618 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app emission software volkswagen recall product recall vehicle recall volkswagen india private limited german auto product issue emission scandal homenewsvolkswagen to recall 19 lakh cars in india starting july