Volkswagen ordered to recall nearly half million cars in the USA ( FILE ) Audi employees work on an Audi A 3 limousine on the assembly line at Audi ' s production site in Gyor , Hungary , 12 June 2013 . The US Evironmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) on 18 September 2015 ordered Volkswagen to recall nearly half a million four cylinder diesel cars from both Audi and VW , built from 2009 to 2015 , after finding out that the cars emit much more pollutants than allowed . EPA / Szilard Koszticsak HUNGARY OUT ▶ [ 현장 영상 ] ' 전쟁 가능 ' 일본 안보 관련 법안 가결 순간 ▶ [ 오늘 의 핫 화보 ] PGA 데이 , BMW 챔피언 십 2 R 5 타 차 선두 … 케 빈 나 4 위 < 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 , 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 >