According to the 2021 China passenger car market recall data released by the State Administration for Market Regulation a few days ago, the total number of passenger cars recalled by domestic automobile companies last year reached 8733735, an increase of 31.88% over the 6622345 in 2020, involving 44 recalled car brands and 155 recall announcements.
However, this figure of 8.73 million vehicles is not the peak of the annual domestic car recall number, the peak appeared in 2017, when nearly 20 million cars were recalled, this number, I believe it will dominate the list for a long time. However, the number of car recalls every year is so large, does it mean that there is a big problem with the quality of our current cars?
Car quality problems are difficult to avoid The recall system should emerge from time to time
As a precision machine composed of thousands of parts, the quality problem of the automobile has followed it from its birth to the present. Let's say that one part can guarantee a reliability rate of 99%, but the error accumulation of countless parts is enough to cause a car to have problems. As a common industrial product, the energy it invests in parts quality and quality inspection cannot be compared with rockets, aircraft and other high-tech products, so in the case of mass production, the quality problem of automobiles has a very large probability.
Foreign automobile recall system began to be implemented in the 1960s, and has been implemented in major economies around the world, China's "Regulations on the Administration of Recall of Defective Automobile Products" was officially released on March 15, 2004, and began to be implemented on October 1, 2004. This is the first time that China has implemented a recall system on a pilot basis for defective automotive products. Since the system was introduced, the number of auto recalls in the country has increased every year until it reached a historic peak in 2017.
Judging from the recalls announced last year, the car recall is probably the following reasons: First, the design of the car itself, for example, Mercedes-Benz recalled 2.6 million cars last year, accounting for one-third of the recall that year, and the reason for the recall is because of the design of the communication module, which may lead to rescue delays.
The second is the parts problem, which is also the main head of the car quality problem, to last year's car recall of the second place SAIC-GM-Wuling as an example, its recall is because the engine crankcase forced ventilation valve spool wear resistance is insufficient, which is the typical supplier to provide parts quality is not good.
The third is the assembly problem. Last year, Tesla recalled nearly 200,000 cars in China, and one of the main reasons for its recall is that the trunk wiring harness may be excessively worn, which is the interference of parts on the assembly. Thousands of parts on the car, if not well planned for assembly, will produce this type of wear, abnormal sound and other problems.
Car recalls are not flood beasts to be viewed rationally
Some people say that the car recall is the mistake of the car company, and the defective product is produced, and the car company should be severely fined. On the other hand, some people say that car recalls are a manifestation of the initiative of car companies to take responsibility and should be encouraged. We should look at this matter rationally.
On the one hand, it is difficult to demand that a car company produce hundreds of thousands of millions of vehicles a year without a single car problem, which is neither realistic nor economical. Although the car design and production links will now undergo multiple tests, which will eliminate most of the car defect problems, because it is impossible to traverse the real use of the vehicle, in many cases, only the car will find problems under the use of a large number of users.
On the other hand, active recall is also very necessary, reflecting the responsibility of automobile companies to actively correct errors. After all, the car is responsible for the family's traffic travel, if the accident occurs or increases the consequences of the accident because of the defect of the car, this is irresponsible for the safety of the passenger's life. Automobile companies can take the initiative to go to car recalls, we should have an attitude of affirmation and support. There are relevant owners of vehicles that should be recalled, after seeing the announcement, they should contact the manufacturer or dealer for the first time to carry out correct treatment to ensure that their vehicles can quickly eliminate defects.
In general, car recalls are not flood beasts, do not demonize it, for the initiative to implement the recall of the car company, we should applaud support. If you do not understand that the car recall is protecting everyone's interests, this will lead to the car companies in the case of problems do not dare to open the recall, and eventually will be damaged, or the interests of the owners. The increase in the number and number of domestic car recalls does not indicate that the quality of automobiles is declining, but that the quality awareness and responsibility awareness of manufacturers are gradually increasing.