Mahindra Silently Recalls XUV500 after Customers Complain about Defective Alloy Wheels

Popular UV maker Mahindra has started recalling its XUV500 in India after users complained of alloy wheel breaks.

According to TeamBHP, Mahindra has silently started recalling its XUV500 model that came with speed alloy wheels. Speed alloy wheels in Mahindra XUV500 come as optional which is available at the company dealerships. Apparently, Mahindra is contacting customers who have XUV500 with speed alloys to check if their vehicles have the defect; and if they do, the company will replace it free of cost.

One XUV500 owner from Chennai, Rakesh, told forum Team BHP about his accident that took place due to the defect. He said the alloys just broke off when the vehicle was in motion. In another incident, the alloy was seen cracked.

Earlier in February, Mahindra had recalled its XUV500 to upgrade the side-curtain airbag software

Recent Vehicle Recalls in India:

March

Maruti Suzuki recalled 19,780 units of Alto 800 and 13,318 units of Alto K10, which were manufactured between 8 December and 18 February, 2014 over faulty hand-door latch.

January

Renault recalled 646 units of its Pulse hatchback and the diesel Scala sedan to fix a problem with its airbags.

General Motors recalled its executive sedan Cruze over a faulty drive shaft.

December

Auto maker Ford recalled EcoSport in India over airbag issues, and fuel and vapour line corrosion.

Maruti Suzuki called back its newly-launched Ciaz to fix a problem with the clutch operation system.

November

Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) issued a voluntary recall of 5,834 units of its Corolla Altis diesel variants in India to rectify a problem with the powertrain.

Ford India summoned 3,072 units of Fiesta to fix the problem with glow plug control module.

German luxury auto maker Audi recalled 6,758 units of A4 sedans to update its airbag control unit software.