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Royal Enfield’s Hunter 350 model.
Royal Enfield has today (September 30) recalled all the vehicles in its portfolio due to a technical fault. The recall involves models manufactured between November 2022 and March 2023. However, the number of affected bikes has not been disclosed.
This recall of the company is applicable to Royal Enfield bikes sold in India, Europe, America, Canada, South Korea, Brazil and Latin America. The company says that complaints of defective reflectors have been received in some bikes included in the portfolio, keeping safety in mind, all 11 models included in the lineup have been recalled.
No charge will be taken from the customer The company said that Royal Enfield’s authorized workshops will contact the owners of the affected motorcycles. Reflectors will be replaced free of cost at these service centres. It is expected to take approximately 15 minutes to repair each motorcycle. Vehicle owners will be informed about replacement of the defective part. No fee will be charged from the customer for this.
Big cases of vehicle recall in the country
- 1. Baleno and WagonR Recall: In July 2020, Maruti had recalled 1,34,885 units of WagonR and Baleno. These models were produced between November 15, 2018 and October 15, 2019. The company had recalled the vehicles due to a fault in the fuel pump.
- 2. Maruti Eeco Recall: In November 2020, the company had recalled 40,453 units of Eeco. The company had taken this decision due to the missing standard symbol on the headlamp of the vehicle. The recall covers Eeco manufactured between November 4, 2019, and February 25, 2020.
- 3. Mahindra Pickup Recall: In 2021, Mahindra & Mahindra recalled 29,878 units of its commercial pickup vehicles. The company had said that a fluid pipe needs to be replaced in some pickup vehicles manufactured between January 2020 and February 2021.
- 4. Mahindra Thar Recall: Mahindra & Mahindra had recalled 1577 units of the diesel variant of its offroad SUV Thar in February 2021. The company had said that these parts got damaged due to a glitch in the plant’s machine. All units were produced between September 7 and December 25, 2020.
- 5. Royal Enfield Recall: In May 2021, Royal Enfield recalled 2,36,966 units of Bullet 350, Classic 350 and Meteor 350 due to fear of short circuit. All these were manufactured between December 2020 and April 2021.
What is a recall and why does it happen? When a company recalls its sold product, it is called recall. The decision of recall is taken by a company when there is a defect in its product. During the recall process, she wants to fix the defect of the product. So that the customer does not have to face any problem regarding the product in future.
Expert advice on company recall Regarding the fault in the car, the company first has to give a data to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). In this, we have to tell what percentage of people are facing problems due to car malfunction. After this SIAM gives approval. The company fixes a time to repair the fault. If a customer’s car is outside the city where he purchased it, then he can also get it repaired at the nearest service center of that city.
