Nissan to recall 9,000 units of Micra, Sunny in India

Nissan has announced that it would recall about 9,000 units of its compact car Nissan Micra and mid-size sedan Nissan Sunny to fix the faulty airbag issue. This nationwide exercise which is part of a global recall will cover the Micra and Sunny models, manufactured between 2008 and 2012, that use safety airbags made by its supplier Takata.

The company has also stated that the recall is carried out as a part of Nissan’s global exercise and there has been no report of untoward incidents so far. The replacement of the affected parts will be done by the dealers of Nissan.

Over seven lakh vehicles have been recalled by a number of automakers since auto industry body SIAM started a voluntary vehicle recall for safety related issues in India in July 2012. These automakers include bigwigs such as Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra, Toyota, Ford, Honda and General Motors.

Honda India, too, made an announcement recently that it will carry out preventive replacement of driver side air bag inflators of 1,040 units of Honda Brio, 1,235 units of Honda Amaze and 63 units of Honda CR-V that were manufactured between September 2011 and July 2014. (Also read: Honda Amaze, Brio and CR-V recalled over Air bag issue)

Last month, Maruti Suzuki India had announced the recall of 69,555 units of the Maruti Swift Dzire, Maruti Swift and Maruti Ritz models manufactured between March 2010 and August 2013, owing to a fault with the wiring harness. (Also read: Maruti likely to recall 1 lakh Swifts and Dzires)

In April this year, in one of the biggest vehicle recalls in India, Maruti Suzuki recalled 1,03,311 units of the Maruti Ertiga, Maruti Swift and Maruti Swift Dzire — manufactured between November 12, 2013 and February 4, 2014 to replace faulty fuel filler neck.

The government is in process of framing a mandatory recall policy that would entail penalties as part of the new Central Motor Vehicle Rules.