Emissions probe results in recall

Daimler must recall over 60,000 Mercedes-Benz diesel cars in Germany after regulators found that they were equipped with software aimed at distorting emissions tests, Germany's Transportation Ministry said.

The model affected is the Mercedes-Benz GLK 220 SUV manufactured between 2012 and 2015.

Daimler confirmed that the recall was ordered on June 21 but said that it would appeal against the decision while continuing to cooperate with regulators.

The ministry said on June 22 that it was expanding its investigation into further models.

Since rival Volkswagen Group admitted in 2015 to cheating US emissions tests, the scandal has spread to other car manufacturers. Daimler has ordered the recall of three million vehicles to fix excess emissions coming from their diesel engines.

Germany's Bild am Sonntag, which first reported the recall on June 22, had reported in April that the German car regulator was looking into suspicious software in the Mercedes-Benz GLK 220 CDI cars produced between 2012 and 2015, after tests showed they only meet emissions limits when a certain function is activated.