Last month saw Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) approve Volkswagen’s proposed measures for repairing vehicles affected by the diesel emissions scandal.

The carmaker has now begun implementing the measures for 2.0-litre engines in Germany, which will be extended to 1.2 and 1.6-litre engines over the next few months. The implementation of the technical measures will also commence in other European countries.

“The start of the recall is taking us a great step forwards,” said Dr Herbert Diess, chairman of the Board of Management Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand. “Our customers are getting a good technical solution for their car and can also rely on quick implementation of the modification.”

A software update is planned for the 1.2-litre, 1.6-litre and 2.0-litre EA189 engines with a labour time of less than half an hour. For the 1.6-litre engine a flow rectifier will additionally be fitted in the intake duct with expected labour time, inclusive of software update, of just under 45 minutes.

The measures will be rolled out to Passat variants plus other models with the affected 2.0 TDI engines in the next few weeks. Modification of the 1.2-litre engines affected is scheduled for the end of the second quarter. Completing the recall, the measures for vehicles with a 1.6-litre engine will be carried out from the third quarter of 2016.