According to SPIEGEL information, the Federal Motor Transport Authority examines further Daimler models. Not only the transporter Vito should have manipulated the corporation, but also in popular mass models.
Tom Grünweg
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Friday, 25.05.2018
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The Daimler Group threatens the official recall of more than 600,000 diesel vehicles, including the series C and G. As the SPIEGEL reported in its latest issue, the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) is a concrete suspicion that in these vehicles inadmissible defeat the Manipulate the effect of the exhaust system.
Currently, there are already tests on the cars in question. The models have a comparable engine as the Mercedes Van Vito with 1.6-liter engine and emission class Euro 6. The engine comes from the Daimler cooperation partner Renault. Two years ago, the French manufacturer had been suspected of handling exhaust emissions. In January 2016, investigators searched the corporate headquarters and other locations. Also the French anti-fraud authority (DGCCRF) accuses the company of having installed illegal software in its models. Renault rejects any wrongdoing so far.
Daimler did not want to comment on recent audits by the KBA
On Wednesday had the Federal Ministry of Transport arranged the immediate recall of the Mercedes transporter, When the SPIEGEL asked the Daimler Group a day later to comment, the company made the recall of the KBA public, but also announced legal action against it. The car has a “robust emission control”, but he should get a software update. Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer (CSU) is angry about the recent allegation of manipulation. He told the MIRROR that Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche on Monday to be incorporated into the Ministry.
He had “instructed the Federal Motor Transport Authority to investigate further suspected cases at Mercedes immediately”. Daimler did not want to comment on the latest KBA audits on request.
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