Daimler recalls hundreds of thousands of Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles
German carmaker Daimler has been ordered to recall several hundred thousand more diesel vehicles due to suspected emissions cheating technology. The Federal Motor Transport Authority had issued the order, Daimler said on Friday evening.
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 09:58 | 11 October 2019
- Modified Date: 10:39 | 11 October 2019
German carmaker Daimler is recalling hundreds of thousands of Mercedes-Benz vehicles including Sprinter van models over diesel emissions issues.
Daimler said late on Friday that Germany's road traffic regulator KBA has concluded hearings over certain Mercedes-Benz vehicles with so-called OM651 diesel engines meeting Euro 5 emission standards and has ordered Daimler to carry out recalls.
Weekly Bild am Sonntag on Sunday reported a recall of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vehicles was imminent after KBA warned the luxury carmaker that the transporter vans may contain illegal engine management software.
Daimler said a "medium six figure" number of vehicles would be affected by the recall, including 260,000 Sprinter vans from a previous generation of vehicles that went out of production in 2016, and that it was fully cooperating with the regulator.