Oct. 15, 2015: Volkswagen announces a recall 8.5 million more cars across the European Union nations.
The move comes soon after German authorities announce the company will have to recall 2.4 million diesel cars in Germany and is seen as pre-emptive as other nations in Europe could find defeat devices in vehicles that would need to be recalled in the future.
, the fix for the cars equipped with defeat devices will be free for customers.