NEW DELHI: Japanese auto giant Honda which is recalling over 1.8 lakh units of its luxury sedan Civic globally on Sunday said it was studying whether the model sold in India too had defective seal before deciding on the same strategy here.
“We have recieved a notice for a global recall. As far as we are concerned in India, we are not sure if this would affect here. However, when we get more details we will be able to take a call on it,” Honda Siel Car India senior general manager (marketing) Jnaneswar Sen said.
Honda had issued a recall notice of 1,82,756 Civics made between March 24, 2005 and February 8, 2007 due to a faulty wheel-bearing seal that may leak and cause malfunctioning of brake switch thereby preventing illumination of lights on braking.
Sen said that the company’s Civic model recalled in the US were left hand drives and the company was checking if similar problems could be found in the Indian right hand drive models . “If we find there are issues, then we will be definitely contacting our customers,” he added. If the company does recall its Civic, it will be the second instance in three months. In July, HSCI had recalled 2,310 Accords manufactured between 2005 and 2006 as part of a global recall.
Moves like these, global phenomenon earlier , have started affecting Indian consumers too with instances of toy and electronic goods recalls in recent weeks.
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December 11th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
We got this letter in the mail for our 07 si. Everything was fine though when we took it to Honda.
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