On March 11, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the Notice on the Recall of Automobiles and Consumer Goods nationwide in 2021. According to the announcement, according to the Regulations on the Administration of Recalls of Defective Automobile Products, in the past 2021, a total of 232 automobile recalls were carried out in China, an increase of 16.6% year-on-year, involving 8.736 million vehicles, an increase of 28.8% year-on-year. Among them, the recall of new energy vehicles in 2021 accounted for 9.5% of the total number of recalls in the whole year, involving 830,000 vehicles.
The announcement pointed out that last year, a total of 54 recalls were affected by the defect investigation of the State Administration for Market Regulation, involving 2.561 million vehicles, accounting for 29.3% of the total number of recalls in the whole year. By the end of 2021, Mainland China had implemented a total of 2,423 car recalls, involving 91.3 million vehicles.
In the announcement, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued a release dividing the reasons for the car recall into three categories, including from the perspective of defect clues, from the perspective of the assembly involved in the defect, and from the perspective of the cause of the defect. Specifically, from the aspect of defect clues, in 2021, the State Administration for Market Supervision received 42886 defect clues for automotive products, involving engine assemblies (32.3%), drive train (17.6%), body (17.6%), electrical equipment (15.3%), etc.; in terms of defects involved, engines and electronic appliances are the main defect-generating components, accounting for 84.3% of the total recalls. 50 recalls were made due to defects in the engine assembly, involving 3.713 million vehicles, accounting for 42.5% of the total recalls; 54 recalls were made due to defects in electronics and electrical appliances, involving 3.650 million vehicles, accounting for 41.8% of the total recalls; 21 recalls were carried out due to brake system defects, involving 510,000 vehicles, accounting for 5.8% of the total recalls; from the cause of defects, 141 recalls due to manufacturing reasons, involving 1.343 million vehicles, accounting for 15.4% of the total recalls 91 recalls for design reasons, involving 7.393 million vehicles, accounting for 84.6% of the total recalls.
The number and number of recalls of new energy vehicles have increased in 2021. According to data released by the State Administration for Market Regulation, new energy vehicle recalls account for 9.5% of the total number of recalls in 2021. Specifically, in 2021, there were a total of 59 domestic new energy vehicle recalls, an increase of 31.1% year-on-year; involving 830,000 vehicles, an increase of 75.9% year-on-year. Among them, from the perspective of defect clues, 3033 cases of new energy vehicle defect clues were reported, reflecting that power batteries, motors, and electronic control system problems accounted for 52.5% of the defect clues of new energy vehicles. Up to now, a total of 229 new energy vehicles have been recalled, involving 1.98 million vehicles.
The new energy vehicle company with the most recalls last year was Tesla. According to the recall announcement of the State Administration for Market Regulation, Tesla has recalled 6 times in China in 2021, recalling a total of 543811 electric vehicles, covering imported Model 3/Model S and domestic Model 3/Model Y, far exceeding the recall level in the same period of 2020, and the number of recalled models accounts for about 65% of the total recall of new energy vehicles.
According to data from the Ministry of Public Security, by the end of 2021, the number of new energy vehicles in the country reached 7.84 million, accounting for 2.6% of the total number of vehicles.
【Reviews】
For car owners, car quality issues are particularly important. Car recalls are not all "bad things", representing the manufacturer's active attitude of taking responsibility and being willing to remedy the safety hazards of products that have occurred or will occur. However, the excessively frequent recalls also reflect the lack of quality control of some products, causing consumers to lose confidence in the brand's products.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Deng Li
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Deng Li
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Zhao Dongqin