The demand of automobiles is ever increasing, especially in a developing country like India. In a situation like this it is very important for the automakers to adopt new and improved methods to keep in pace with the developments in technologies.
However, in this quest of finding the right, most advanced and inexpensive method they fall in the pit of odds. And in order to avoid future embarrassments these auto companies decide to recall to fix the technical glitches.
Below are a few major recalls form the auto manufacturers in India
1.Honda
Reason-Faulty Airbags
This recall was one of the largest and major recalls in India. The faulty Takata airbags had been giving the auto manufacturers a nightmare and even Honda India could not escape it. 1.90 lakh units is a number.
Previously, it had recalled approximately 90,000 units of City and Mobilio for the replacement of the fuel return pipe.
2.Maruti Suzuki
Reason-Upgradation of airbag controller
The company had announced a recall of models of Baleno and Dzire manufactured between August 2015 and May 2016 For the upgradation of an airbag controller. A total of about 77,000 units were recalled to avoid a future embarrassment.
In 2010, Maruti also announced a recall of over 1 lakh A-Star hatchback cars for a fuel tank snag.
3. Volkswagen
Reason-Emission Scandal
July 2016 seemed to be really hard for the Volkswagen Group. Volkswagen rolled out a massive recall plan the previous month over the global diesel emission scandal. This emission scandal was discovered in the US last year in September. Due to the scandal the company had to recall over 3.24 lakh cars from Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda.
Volkswagen had to spend about $15.5 billion for the settlement of the emission scandal.
Because of the rising number of vehicle recalls, the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) introduced its first vehicle recall code. The policy specified that companies should follow standard procedures to detect manufacturing defects.
