Manufacturer recalls for April 2020
Even when the global car market is going through a slump, news about recalls is flooding in. Let us have a look at which manufacturers have announced recalls in the past month.
Even when the global car market is going through a slump, news about recalls is flooding in. Let us have a look at which manufacturers have announced recalls in the past month.
The number of cars recalled in the month of June is higher than that in May this year. Here is the list.
Car production is an honest process, the Americans would tell you. It’s a simple process, the Japanese will say, and the Germans would go on about how intricate and detailed the process is. But when it comes to after-market assurance, there’s just one word dictating their manufacturing flaws; swift recalls. Recalling faulty vehicles is not unfamiliar in today’s automotive scene. As a matter of fact, millions of vehicles have been recalled in the past and you could see it as a sign that cars are getting safer and manufacturers getting serious about their products.
BMW is going to recall thousands of 2014 X5 models built between December 2013 and March 2014 due to concerns that the engaged child safety locks might deactivate without warning. The problem affects only those trim levels with the automatic soft-closing door option.
General Motors has announced a recall for every current-generation Chevrolet Camaro built since it was re-introduced in 2010, adding up to 512,000 cars.
Porsche has announced that they will replace the engines in all 2014 911 GT3 and has told owners to stop driving their cars because of a fire risk.
A class-action lawsuit against the Volkswagen Group of America was brought on by owners of 2002-2006 Audi A4 and A6 models over alleged defects with the CVT automatic. That lawsuit, involving 64,000 cars in the United States, has now been settled by Audi.
Carmakers share so many standardised parts due to having common parts suppliers nowadays that if one of these bits turn out to be faulty, several unrelated car brands are affected. Such is the case with the latest mass recall of 3.4 million vehicles produced by four unrelated Japanese carmakers between 2000 and 2004 for faulty airbags produced by parts-supplier Takata Corp. Information is also emerging that General Motors and BMW may also be affected.
Four different General Motors models are being recalled over a potential airbag issue in the United States. The affected cars, all 2012 models only, include the Chevrolet Camaro.
General Motors is recalling as many as 69,000 of their 2013 full-size SUVs, pickups and vans that could shift out of “Park” by itself and roll away. The recall includes everything based on the GMT900 platform, which includes the Cadillac Escalade; the Chevrolet Avalanche, Express, Silverado, Suburban and Tahoe; and the GMC Savana, Sierra, Yukon and Yukon XL.