Zoetermeer — Dutch prosecutors said on Monday they would investigate possible misuse of vehicle emissions software by Suzuki and Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep. They were responding after the Dutch road authority found the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Suzuki Vitara models produced unacceptably high levels of toxic emissions during road tests. The agency said its tests of more than a dozen car makers in the wake of the Volkswagen emissions scandal had singled out Jeep and Suzuki. Other manufacturers were not found to have violated regulations. The agency has been investigating what it called “impermissible defeat devices” for the past year, after the disclosure in the US in 2015 that Volkswagen had used software to alter emissions during testing. The agency’s investigation was centred on nitrogen oxide emission levels in diesel cars that appeared much higher than legally allowed during road driving rather than under laboratory test conditions. The agency said in all cases car makers argued the reas...
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