NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki on Wednesday said it would recall 13,157 diesel cars to inspect a faulty part on Swift and Ritz hatchbacks and the Dzire sedan. The affected cars have engines manufactured between November 13, 2010 and December 4, 2010 and the company said it would replace the faulty part free of cost if it was found
to be defective.
Maruti will inspect a connecting rod bolt in all these cars and its dealers will contact the owners. "If the connecting rod bolt is found defective, the company will replace the component free of cost," the company said.Maruti had early last year recalled as many as 1 lakh units of the A-Star to fix defects in the car's fuel tank. The latest recall covers 4,505 units of the Dzire, 6,841 of the Swift and 1,811 units of Ritz. "No other vehicles in the range or the vehicles exported by Maruti Suzuki are impacted," it added.
While recalls, generally speaking, are seen as a sign of a responsible auto-maker, they are not very popular in India as companies fear that it is bad for branding. Companies are usually not open about such exercises in India, especially in the absence of a government policy on the matter.
Mayank Pareek, managing executive officer (sales and marketing) at Maruti, said there should be no adverse impact from the development for the company. "It is a proactive measure from our side and customers should be informed," he said.
Earlier in February this year, Japanese carmaker Honda also had a major recall when it asked for close to 58,000 units of its City sedan to replace a faulty part as part of a global exercise. The recall for the company had come just about a year after it had called back the City sedan (in January last year) to replace defective power window switches that could cause fire.
The new recalls come at a time when companies across the globe have issued call backs for various defects, led by Toyota that had a major embarrassment in the US market.
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to be defective.
Maruti will inspect a connecting rod bolt in all these cars and its dealers will contact the owners. "If the connecting rod bolt is found defective, the company will replace the component free of cost," the company said.Maruti had early last year recalled as many as 1 lakh units of the A-Star to fix defects in the car's fuel tank. The latest recall covers 4,505 units of the Dzire, 6,841 of the Swift and 1,811 units of Ritz. "No other vehicles in the range or the vehicles exported by Maruti Suzuki are impacted," it added.
While recalls, generally speaking, are seen as a sign of a responsible auto-maker, they are not very popular in India as companies fear that it is bad for branding. Companies are usually not open about such exercises in India, especially in the absence of a government policy on the matter.
Mayank Pareek, managing executive officer (sales and marketing) at Maruti, said there should be no adverse impact from the development for the company. "It is a proactive measure from our side and customers should be informed," he said.
Earlier in February this year, Japanese carmaker Honda also had a major recall when it asked for close to 58,000 units of its City sedan to replace a faulty part as part of a global exercise. The recall for the company had come just about a year after it had called back the City sedan (in January last year) to replace defective power window switches that could cause fire.
The new recalls come at a time when companies across the globe have issued call backs for various defects, led by Toyota that had a major embarrassment in the US market.
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