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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Volkswagen
Ownership Structure: publicly traded
Headquartered in: Germany
Major Industry: motor vehicles
Specific Industry: motor vehicles
Penalty total since 2000: $26,203,195,505
Number of records: 112
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| environment-related offenses | $21,652,764,845 | 67 |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $4,100,012,000 | 6 |
| safety-related offenses | $333,430,488 | 20 |
| financial offenses | $56,250,000 | 2 |
| government-contracting-related offenses | $50,000,000 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| air pollution violation | $21,591,996,535 | 34 |
| consumer protection violation | $4,100,012,000 | 6 |
| product safety violation | $332,250,000 | 7 |
| fuel economy (CAFE) violation | $60,394,436 | 28 |
| investor protection violation | $56,250,000 | 2 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
| Company | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency  | Penalty Amount |
| Volkswagen AG | employment discrimination | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $995,000 |
| Volkswagen AG | air pollution violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-federal | $96,500,000 |
| Volkswagen | air pollution violation | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,600,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | product safety violation | 2021 | private lawsuit-federal | $42,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $57,300,000 |
| Navistar International Corporation | product safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $135,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | air pollution violation | 2016 | private lawsuit-federal | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $10,033,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | product safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $43,000,000 |
| Porsche Cars North America Inc. | product safety violation | 2014 | private lawsuit-federal | $36,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group of America | product safety violation | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $17,900,000 |
| Volkswagen AG | air pollution violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $80,000,000 |
| Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc. | product safety violation | 2022 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,050,000 |
