'배출가스 조작' 한국닛산 사장 검찰고발…캐시카이 판매정지<br />The Korean government has filed a criminal complaint against Nissan Korea's CEO, based on accusations the Japanese carmaker cheated on auto emissions tests.<br />Kim Hye-sung has the latest.<br /><br />Korea's environment ministry has filed a criminal complaint against Nissan Korea for allegedly manipulating vehicle emissions tests.<br />The ministry also ordered a recall of 8-hundred-14 Qashqai SUVs sold from November 2015 to May this year and suspended future sales of the model.<br />It also fined the Japanese carmaker 2-hundred-86-thousand U.S. dollars.<br /><br />- <br />"The environment ministry has made quite a strong move by filing a criminal complaint against Nissan Korea. This means Korean prosecutors will launch a full investigation into the matter, and we will see the results come out fairly soon."<br /><br />The SUV's emissions management system allegedly turns off automatically under regular driving conditions at temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius.<br />By turning off the device, fresh air cannot enter the engine compartment, producing more nitrogen oxide emissions.<br />Nissan Korea has denied any wrongdoing, saying the system turns off automatically in order to prevent engine damage from overheating.<br />It added that EU authorities did not find anything wrong after putting the vehicle through similar testing standards as Korean regulators.<br /><br />The Korean government conducted emissions tests on 20 different diesel car models, including Nissan's Qashqai, after Volkswagen admitted last year to using a cheat device to falsify its emissions data.<br />Kim Hye-sung, Arirang News.
