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· FAW recalled 7.14 million units, accounting for 35% of the national total
According to the data of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, in 2017, the major domestic automobile product manufacturers recalled a total of 22,800 defective vehicles. According to statistics from the Changjiang Business Daily, the total number of vehicles recalled by FAW-based car companies in 2017 was 7,142,800, accounting for 35.63% of the national total. Among them, FAW-Volkswagen's number of recalls ranked first among all car companies, accounting for 19.5% of the total recall.
Xiao Yue, an industry insider who has been engaged in automotive research for a long time, told reporters that the recall of cars is no longer a new thing. "The recall is the obligation of the car companies and will enhance consumers' trust in the brand."
One out of every four vehicles in the country has been recalled
At the same time that the national automobile recalls have grown substantially, FAW-based car companies have taken the lead.
AQSIQ recently released data showing that in 2017, major domestic auto product producers implemented a total of 251 recalls of defective auto products, recalling 22.848 million defective vehicles, and surpassing 10 million in 2016, an increase of 77%. High innovation.
Since the implementation of the defective automobile product recall system in China in 2004, a total of 1548 vehicle recalls have been implemented and 56.738 million defective vehicles have been recalled. This means that almost one out of every four vehicles in our country has been recalled.
Cheung Kong Business Daily reporters found that FAW-Volkswagen, FAW Volkswagen Audi, FAW Toyota, FAW Mazda, FAW Car, and other FAW car companies, recalled a total of 7,142,800 vehicles in 2017, accounting for 35.63% of the national total .
FAW-Volkswagen's number of recalls ranks first among all car companies, accounting for 19.5% of the total recalls, mainly involving airbags and seat belts, engines and electrical equipment.
In fact, since 2017, the car recall incident caused by the Takata airbag problem has occurred frequently. A total of 29 auto companies have been recalled due to the Takata airbag problem throughout the year, and the number of recalls has exceeded 10 million.
New Sagitar will install the rear suspension monitoring system for free
In addition to the large number of car recalls, FAW-Volkswagen is dealing with the issue of Volkswagen Sagitar's “broken shaft doorâ€, and even the regulatory authorities “can't stand itâ€.
In 2014, Sagitar's broken axis was exposed, causing an uproar. FAW-Volkswagen and Volkswagen China announced that they had recalled 563,605 new sagitars in China. The recall was to install a metal lining on the trailing arm longitudinal arm, not to replace the independent rear suspension, which was nicknamed “patching†by the owners.
According to estimates, if the independent rear suspension is replaced, the cost per vehicle will be 3,000 yuan, the cost of FAW-Volkswagen will be between 2 billion and 2.5 billion yuan, and the installation of metal lining will only cost 100 yuan. The overall cost is about 1 yuan. 100 million yuan.
On May 11, 2016, FAW-Volkswagen announced the latest developments in solving the problem of the new Sagitar Broken Shaft. The report stated that it has initially developed a set of recall remedies with monitoring and early warning functions for the Chinese market.
On December 22, 2017, Volkswagen released the "Technical Remedial Measures Bulletin for the Sagitar and Beetle Vehicle Recalls for the Coupled Rod Rear Suspension."
As can be seen from the briefing, in order to completely solve the user's concerns, Volkswagen has developed a new set of targeted rear suspension electronic monitoring system, which is complementary to the previous metal lining solution, and also to completely solve the previous AQSIQ survey. The report states that “the metal lining is not obvious in some special casesâ€.
Some car manufacturers have told the Changjiang Business Daily that although this system is a new technology, but the research and development costs, the price is estimated to not exceed 100 yuan, the most important thing is that there is no guarantee that the broken axis event will not happen again.
Some insiders also told the Changjiang Business Daily that the reliability of this measure remains to be seen.
Self-owned brand recalls increased by 12 times
At the same time that the joint venture was heavily recalled, the awareness of self-owned brands was significantly improved.
According to the data of the past three years, the number of defective car recalls in China is 5.586 million, 11.35 million and 22.848, respectively, with an annual increase of more than 50%. The annual recall has far exceeded the German, British, Japanese and other automotive markets. In developed countries, the recall is second only to the United States and ranks second in the world.
In 2017, a total of 14 self-owned brand car companies in China initiated a recall, recalling 143.72 vehicles, an increase of nearly 12 times compared with more than 120,000 vehicles in 2016, setting a record high.
Similar to the overall domestic car recall distribution, self-owned car recalls are also mainly focused on airbags and engines. Affected by Takada airbags, Geely Automobile and Southeast Auto Voluntarily recalled 189,174 vehicles and 8,913 vehicles respectively.
Not only that, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said that in 2018, the relevant departments will jointly promote the implementation of the motor vehicle emission defect recall system, and the recall will be extended from safety recalls, vehicle recalls to environmental recalls and parts recalls.
Xiao Yue, an industry insider who has been engaged in automotive research for a long time, told reporters that the recall of cars is no longer a new issue. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine will announce the recall plans for cars and enterprises on the official website. This includes not only auto and joint venture cars, but also Imported cars, "Recall is the obligation of car companies, which will enhance consumers' trust in the brand."