The auto company has been in business for seventy-nine years, so when news broke that the company had knowingly falsified a large amount of emissions tests performed in the United States, many couldn't believe what they were hearing. The company pandered to the wants and needs of the American people by giving them what they thought was the fuel-efficient, low-emissions car of their dreams. The problem was that they didn't want to increase the cost of a popular car (this would create fewer sales), so what they chose to do was create a "defeat device". Whenever this device was connected to the emissions test, it could detect the computer and then go into safe mode which read as it should. As soon as the test was finished and the car was back on the road, when the problem occurred, the car would immediately exit this “safe mode” and would then allow the nitrogen oxide to escape (40 times more than as permitted). The sad part of the story is that unless they were caught in their misbehavior, the automaker would not have announced their misdeeds. They quickly apologized to the public and provided compensation as soon as possible, but that doesn't change the fact that not only have people lost faith in the company, but it makes many wonder if this is even a problem. in other car manufacturers (Hotten