Maruti Suzuki said it is replacing, free of cost, a faulty part of clutch operation system in its newly launched Ciaz sedan
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), the country's largest carmaker has recalled 3,796 units of its newly launched mid-sized sedan Ciaz to replace a faulty part of clutch operation system.
"Maruti Suzuki will proactively undertake a service campaign to inspect a suspected fault and replace the relevant part of clutch operation system of a batch of 3,796 Ciaz (manual transmission) cars," the company said in a statement.
The cars are among those manufactured till 7 November 2014, it added.
The company said it has decided to undertake a service campaign for these cars in the interest of customers and dealers have started to communicate with owners of the impacted vehicles.
"The inspection and replacement will be done free of cost to the customer," it added.
Last month, MSIL had launched Ciaz with an introductory price starting at Rs6.99 lakh ex-showroom Delhi.
The petrol variants of the sedan are priced between Rs6.99 lakh and Rs9.34 lakh while the diesel variants are priced between Rs8.04 lakh and Rs9.8 lakh, respectively (ex-showroom Delhi).
Earlier this year in April, MSIL had recalled 1.03 lakh units of its popular models -- Ertiga, Swift and DZire -- manufactured between 12 November 2013 and 4 February 2014 to replace faulty fuel filler neck.
In September, the company had recalled 69,555 units of Dzire, Swift and Ritz models manufactured between March 2010 and August 2013 to repair wiring harness fitment.
Ever since auto industry body SIAM started voluntary vehicle recalls for safety related issues in India in July 2012, over seven lakh vehicles have been recalled by various manufacturers including Ford, Mahindra & Mahindra, Honda, General Motors and Nissan.
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