Daimler Sprinter Vans Probed for Faulty Software by Germany
- Carmaker says it carried out a review, issue is ‘contained’
- KBA examining ‘impermissible defeat devices,’ Bild reports
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Daimler AG said German authorities are probing suspected faulty software in the carmaker’s Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans after a report that 260,000 vehicles could be affected across Europe.
The KBA German Federal Motor Transport Authority is examining the vehicles which are a previous generation of the Mercedes-Benz GLK 220 diesel model, for which the regulator issued a recall order in June, Daimler said in a statement. The KBA is looking into potential emissions manipulation in cars using “impermissible defeat devices,” Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday.