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NEWS<br />

VLS closes Case 201 after<br />

Aztec Oils take swift action<br />

VLS has closed investigation<br />

VLS010201 after the company<br />

involved took corrective action.<br />

Harald Oosting, VLS Chairman.<br />

In December 2023, VLS received a complaint about Aztec Oils<br />

Emprotec UHPD 10W40, a Heavy Duty Engine Oil (HDDO). <strong>The</strong><br />

Complainant alleged that Renault does not support the RLD-4<br />

as a specification, and as such, the product cannot meet it. <strong>The</strong><br />

performance claim was indicated in a list of recommendations<br />

on the website and in the Technical Data Sheet relating to the<br />

product.<br />

Following an investigation, VLS upheld the complaint as Renault<br />

does not issue the RLD-4 specification for service fill, and it is not<br />

mandated for use in any of their current vehicles.<br />

VLS contacted the Named Party, Aztec Oils, who moved<br />

quickly to withdraw the claim against RLD-4. <strong>The</strong>y retained the<br />

claim against RLD-3 and amended the product’s description<br />

and Technical Data Sheet accordingly. VLS was content that the<br />

product had been brought back into compliance and closed the<br />

investigation subject to the standard six-month review.<br />

Harald Oosting, VLS Chairman, said, “We would like to thank<br />

Aztec Oils for taking swift action in this case to ensure their<br />

marketing claims, product descriptions, and Technical Data<br />

Sheets were correct. As the lubricants sector navigates immense<br />

change in response to OEM design changes and the need to meet<br />

increasing emissions legislation, it is more important than ever<br />

that we have a robust, anonymous process that holds lubricant<br />

producers or marketers to account and protects end users.<br />

Workshops must be able to have confidence that the products<br />

they select are suitable for use in the application and can deliver<br />

what they claim. Our objective is always to bring products into<br />

compliance, and we thank Aztec Oils for taking action to protect<br />

end users.”<br />

You can keep up to date with VLS investigations at their website:<br />

https://ukla-vls.org.uk/.<br />

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