Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) has announced that it would recall a total of 90,210 units of its diesel cars so as to voluntarily replace the fuel return pipe of these vehicles. These cars include 64,428 units of diesel variants of Honda City manufactured from December 2013 to July 2015 and 25,782 units of diesel variants of Honda Mobilio manufactured from June 2014 to July 2015.
In a press release, the company stated that there is a possibility that in some of these cars, the fuel return pipe may come out, resulting in fuel leakage and leading to engine stoppage.
The fuel return pipe and related parts will be replaced free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India from December 19, 2015 in a phased manner and the owners will be contacted individually. The customers can also check whether their car is covered under this campaign by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the special microsite which has been created on the company’s website
It may be recalled that according to a government statement, more than 1 million passenger vehicles have been recalled after July 2012 in the country by various car manufacturers.
Since July 2012 when a voluntary code on vehicle recall came into effect in India, more than 1 million vehicles have been recalled by various vehicle manufacturers across the country. The recalls include those from Ford India, Toyota Kirloskar, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Hyundai Motor India, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki India, Nissan India, Renault India, Honda Cars India, India Yamaha Motor, Audi India, Jaguar Land Rover, General Motors India, Harley Davidson and Volkswagen India.
This information came from Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprisesi G.M. Siddeshwara in a written reply in Lok Sabha on December 8, 2015.
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