Maruti Suzuki India has issued a recall for two of its top selling cars - Baleno and Swift DZire over faulty airbag controller software and faulty fuel filters. While the company will be recalling 75,419 units of the Baleno for issue with the airbags, 1,961 units of the Swift DZire will be recalled for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter. Maruti has claimed that this recall has been issued proactively and voluntarily taking customer safety into consideration.
The Baleno's which have been recalled include both petrol and diesel variants and were manufactured between August 3, 2015 and May 17, 2016. Out of the 75,419 Baleno's 15,995 cars are diesel variants that were manufactured between August 3, 2015 and March 22, 2016 and will also be attended to for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter like the Swift DZire. The recall units also includes 17,231 car were allotted for export.
In addition, 1,961 DZire Diesel cars (only AGS variant) will be attended to for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter.
Starting 31 May 2016 owners of the vehicles covered will be contacted by Maruti Suzuki dealers. The software upgrade and the replacement of faulty fuel filter, will be done free of cost.
To ascertain if their vehicle is covered, owners may check at www.nexaexperience.com for Baleno and at www.marutisuzuki.com for DZire Diesel (only AGS variant).
The customer is requested to fill in the chassis number (MA3 followed by 14 digit alpha-numeric number) on the computer screen. The chassis number is embossed on the vehicle ID plate and is also in the vehicle invoice/registration documents.
The Baleno's which have been recalled include both petrol and diesel variants and were manufactured between August 3, 2015 and May 17, 2016. Out of the 75,419 Baleno's 15,995 cars are diesel variants that were manufactured between August 3, 2015 and March 22, 2016 and will also be attended to for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter like the Swift DZire. The recall units also includes 17,231 car were allotted for export.
In addition, 1,961 DZire Diesel cars (only AGS variant) will be attended to for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter.
Starting 31 May 2016 owners of the vehicles covered will be contacted by Maruti Suzuki dealers. The software upgrade and the replacement of faulty fuel filter, will be done free of cost.
To ascertain if their vehicle is covered, owners may check at www.nexaexperience.com for Baleno and at www.marutisuzuki.com for DZire Diesel (only AGS variant).
The customer is requested to fill in the chassis number (MA3 followed by 14 digit alpha-numeric number) on the computer screen. The chassis number is embossed on the vehicle ID plate and is also in the vehicle invoice/registration documents.