Nissan India to recall 9,000 units of Micra and Sunny

After Honda, it’s the turn of yet another Japanese automaker to announce a preventive recall for its car models sold in India. The automaker in question is Nissan India, who is recalling 9,000 units of the Micra and the Sunny to replace defective airbags.

As a part of its global recall, Nissan India reportedly will cover cars manufactured between 2008 and 2012 that are fitted with airbags made by the company’s supplier Takata. The global recall, in fact, has plagued 2.6 lakh units of car models including the Micra, Sunny, Patrol, Cube and the Note. 

"Nissan plans to begin notifying customers soon. Nissan dealers will replace the driver airbag inflator with a correctly manufactured part at no cost to the customers for parts or labour," a Nissan India presentative has said.

Over seven lakh vehicles have been recalled by a number of automakers since auto industry body SIAM started a voluntary vehicle recall for safety related issues in India in July 2012. These automakers include bigwigs like Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra, Toyota, Ford, Honda and General Motors. Just yesterday, Honda India made an announcement that it will carry out preventive replacement of driver side air bag Inflators of 1,040 units of Honda Brio, 1,235 units of Honda Amaze and 63 units of Honda CR-V that were manufactured between September 2011 and July 2014. 

This is being carried out as part of Honda’s global recall regarding a possible incorrect assembly of the baffle plate in the inflator. The government is now in the process of framing a mandatory recall policy that would involve penalties as part of the new Central Motor Vehicle Rules.