March 15 is the annual Consumer Rights Day, and since 1997, the China Consumers Association has carried out the "Annual Theme" activity by determining a theme every year. Since the launch of the March 15 evening party, it has exposed countless scams, traps, shady screens, and fake and shoddy products, maintaining fairness and justice, including some car companies. However, there is no list of car companies in this year's 3.15 party, so let's take stock of the car companies that have appeared at the 3.15 party in the past.
In 2021
Infiniti QX60 gearbox problem
Mr. Liu spent 500,000 yuan to buy the Infiniti QX60, and replaced the gearbox 3 times in the 4S store free of charge within two years due to abnormal noise and transmission failure. Mr. Sui also has the same experience as Mr. Liu, the same model purchased has been replaced 3 times in 3 years, but the fault still exists after replacement, when the fourth time to claim the gearbox, but was told by the 4S shop that because it is no longer within the warranty period, so the owner himself needs to provide 145,000 yuan to replace, and more than two riders gradually found serious problems such as vehicle noise.
After March 15, Infiniti subsequently issued a transmission issue about the imported QX60, extending the warranty period of the transmission only to "8 years or 200,000 kilometers", and the first-comer of the two.
Ford transmission rust problem
Some wing Bo, Fox owners reacted that the vehicle had difficulty starting, serious setbacks, transmission noise and other problems, and even throttle failure and loss of power. In July 2020, Anhui Xuancheng owner Mr. Wang's Ford Wing Bo has been in normal use for 6 years, but there have been problems such as difficulty starting, setbacks in driving, etc., and after inspection, the gearbox has frequent problems due to rust in the water ingress.
The 4S shop determined that the vehicle failure was caused by improper driving, and had exceeded the warranty period of three years or 100,000 kilometers, and the maintenance cost of 16,000 yuan was borne by the owner himself, but the problem was that Mr. Wang was sure that his car had never waded in water.
And there have been more than one case of the same case, after investigation found that the vehicles involved are equipped with Ford's officer double clutch transmission, the water on the body will be left along the windshield to the water collection plate located under the windshield, because it is not completely sealed here, there will be a large amount of water flowing into the engine compartment, slowly causing the gearbox to rust and other issues.
This situation is a design flaw problem, but Ford's approach does do do remediate the failure without the owner's knowledge through internal communication, and interpret it as a small probability event. It was not until the 315 evening report that an apology statement was issued, acknowledging that some models had a problem with water rust in the dry double clutch and promising free maintenance of the problem.
In 2020
Baojun 560 gearbox problem
Before March 15, 2020, there were problems such as Honda motor oil emulsification, passat A pillar rupture and serious damage to the members of the car, and everyone also predicted which car company would board the 3.15 party, and after the postponement of the 3.15 party in 2020 was postponed for 4 months, the final landing on the 3.15 party was the Baojun 560 gearbox problem.
Many car owners reacted that Baojun 560 will lose power on the high speed, still malfunction after maintenance, after replacing the gearbox, in a short period of time, it will hang upside down and lose power, in March 2018, Baojun 560 car, which has been listed for only 3 years, suddenly announced the suspension of production, and the owner has no way to protect his rights.
Baojun's after-sales return rate is very low, most of the owners will hardly appear in Baojun's after-sales department after using the free first warranty, and due to the simplicity of the mechanical structure, there is no worry about quality assurance and other issues, which is also one of the reasons for the high cost performance favored by consumers, but ignoring the quality control will eventually lose consumers.
In 2018
Volkswagen Touareg
Since 2017, many consumers across the country have said that Volkswagen's imported SUV Touareg models cannot start after rain, turn off during driving, and the air filter element is wet.
A report at the March 15 evening showed that there was a major flaw in the Volkswagen Touareg engine design, because the engine intake duct was close to the right headlight, and when water flowed down the hood, it would enter the intake tract through the edge of the headlight.
After the report, Volkswagen issued a statement recalling some models, and the number of models involved in the problem in the mainland region reached 33,000.
In 2015
Land Rover Aurora transmission problem
At the March 15 party in 2015, there were reports of frequent failures in the gearbox of land Rover Aurora models, and said that there were often problems such as sudden loss of power during driving, reverse gear failure, and also the same problem as Ford Wing Bo, which still failed after many replacements, and there were countless similar incidents across the country.
However, in the staff's answer, it was said that Land Rover had the professional quality of the vehicle, and that the driver's use was different from the design, but after exposure, he chose to apologize. Subsequently, it was said that the 9-speed transmission equipped on the 2015 domestic Range Rover Evoque no longer has a fault problem.
summary
On the eve of the annual 3.15 party, speculation on the list of car companies has become an interesting thing after the tea, but in terms of the importance of cars related to life, it is hoped that car companies can try to avoid major defects at the beginning of the design, and can recall in time after finding problems, and also give consumers a sense of tranquility, so that consumers' trust will not be wasted.