Another diesel vehicle from Daimler is suspected, according to a report by „Bild am Sonntag“ to drive with illegal exhaust technology. This affects 260,000 Sprinter vans in Europe, of which 100,000 are in Germany.
The cars with the emission standard Euro 5, which were manufactured until 2016, are to use a „inadmissible shut-off device“ according to a letter of the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) to Daimler of 25 September, as the newspaper reported.
Hearing opened
A corporate spokesman in Stuttgart today confirmed on request that the KBA had opened a hearing in this case. It is about 260,000 vehicles of variants of the previous model of the current Sprinters. Daimler had already presented the functionality of the exhaust gas cleaning system to the KBA in May 2018 „and subsequently explained it in more detail in further discussions since the summer of 2018“, the spokesman stated.
In June, the KBA ordered a mandatory recall with immediate effect for around 60,000 Mercedes-Benz GLK 220 SUVs. Daimler appealed the order „to clarify a complex issue,“ the company spokesman added on Sunday. In connection with the order for the GLK, Daimler „already informed that the contested functionality is contained in different series“.
