The latest modification applies to Volkswagen Tiguan models and of the Caddy from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles – all fitted with the EA 189 2.0-litre TDI engine involved in ‘Dieselgate’.

VW has stipulated that affected customers will incur no costs as a result of the technical measures being carried out. As part of the recall process all customers are also being offered an appropriate replacement means of transport free of charge.

The KBA has also confirmed that after the software update there is no change to the fuel consumption levels, performance figures or noise emissions of the affected models. The same also applies to all models previously given the go-ahead for the modification.

The news follows the recent announcement that VW has been greenlighted to fix over 800,000 Passat, CC and Eos models with 2.0l TDI EA 189 engines.

Since the start of the year over 2.5 million affected group vehicles have been given the go-ahead for fixes.