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Car recalls occur every month, and April is no exception. According to the latest statistics, nearly 400,000 vehicles were recalled in April, of which Toyota and Tesla both exceeded 100,000. Not only that, Land Rover, Geely, Lexus, BYD, Kia, Honda and other car companies also have different degrees of recalls, and the problems involve driving safety, so be sure to check whether your car is in the recall list, so as not to miss the best recall time!
Japanese mythology collapse? Toyota has launched another large-scale recall!
For Japanese brands, many people's subconscious is that it is fuel-efficient and durable, especially Toyota motor is more "not bad", but in recent years its myth seems to be constantly broken, in 2021 it recalled 1.28 million vehicles in the domestic market, into 2022 toyota continues to walk on the road of recall, the first quarter launched two large-scale recalls, involving Corolla, Leiling, Yize, C-HR and other models a total of 340,000 units, but you think this is the end?
It is certainly impossible, this is not until April 22 it issued a new round of recall, involving nearly 140,000 vehicles, including GAC Toyota, FAW Toyota and many other models, what is the matter? It turns out that these recalled vehicles due to the INTERNAL PROCEDURES of VSC (Body Stability Control System) are not perfect, if the VSC function is artificially closed after the vehicle is started, then the VSC function cannot be restored to the default open state after starting the vehicle again, and the VSC cannot work at this time, so there is a safety hazard.
Toyota's solution to this is to upgrade the internal procedures of the brake actuator control ECU for the vehicles within the scope of the recall free of charge, and before the recall, the owners pay attention to checking the VSC OFF indicator of the dashboard and manually turn on the VSC function. Some people may think that this is not a big deal, but with the advent of the rainy season, if the rainy day coincides with the body stability system is not working, the possible safety hazards deserve the attention of everyone.
Multiple issues, Tesla released two recalls!
Tesla recalls seem to be common, less than two months after the last vehicle recall, Tesla in April double-click recall, but also issued two recalls in a month, involving more than 140,000 vehicles. The first recall is that the rear motor inverter of the vehicle may fail, resulting in the vehicle can not start, lose power in the driving, in extreme cases may increase the risk of collision of the vehicle, there is a safety hazard; the second recall is that the vehicle in the track mode, the speed area only shows the speed value, the lack of speed units (KM/H).
So what will happen to the next batch of vehicles with safety hazards after the recall? For the inverter problem, there are currently two main types: the vehicle that has been in trouble, the new inverter is replaced free of charge after the recall; if there is no problem, the inverter is provided with continuous control by installing motor control software, and the post-inverter with related failures is replaced for free in time. For vehicles that lack speed units, Tesla will upgrade the software to 2022.12 or later for vehicles within the scope of the recall through vehicle remote upgrade (OTA) technology.
There are still very few independent recalls, only Geely and BYD have issued recalls!
Finally said so much, we look at the recall of independent brands, is still very rare, in April only Geely Automobile and BYD Automobile issued a recall, does this mean that the quality of domestic cars is better than that of joint venture cars? "You get the idea"! Perhaps many people feel that the recall is a disgraceful thing, but from another point of view, this is actually a responsible performance, there is a problem that the recall will consume the brand's reputation in the hearts of consumers, you say?
The Geely Automobile recall is a portion of the 2016 Geely Vision GC7 vehicles produced from January 27, 2016 to November 26, 2016, involving 18,031 vehicles. The main reason is that the vehicle automatic transmission control strategy may cause the vehicle to overflow in the process of driving under specific working conditions (long uphill rapid acceleration), and the overflowing oil may fire in the case of fire, for which Geely Automobile will replace the software upgraded transmission control unit for free to eliminate safety hazards.
The BYD recall is part of the Tang DM model electric vehicles produced from September 2, 2021 to March 14, 2022, mainly the vehicle's power battery pack tray Due to manufacturing reasons, the installation surface of the tray breathable valve is uneven and there is a risk of water ingress. This may cause the power battery system electrical circuit failure, in extreme cases there is a risk of thermal runaway of the power battery, after the recall BYD will check the vehicle, the problem is free to replace the battery pack, so please go to the 4S shop to check!
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