Friday, April 23, 2010

Japan and china can be affected by 90,000 Mazda automobiles recall

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Either Japan’s auto industry has always had troubles and it is only now that individuals in Americas are paying any attention, or things like the recent Mazda recall and all of the trouble Toyota has been having are recent developments predicated by the need to discover a cheaper way of production to meet mounting production demands. Whichever the case appears to be, automakers everywhere should be grateful the Mazda recall has not been connected with any accidents yet. Automakers everywhere have been taking their share of public image lumps recently as consumer reports point out.

Mazda recall is a part of the Mazda 3 model

The auto that is wildly popular in China and Japan is the Axela, or rather the Mazda 3. Agence France-Presse (AFP) suggests that Mazda Motors, which is partially owned by Ford, will recall about 35,181 Axela cars in Japan and about 54,000 Mazda 3 vehicles in China due to an oil hose problem. The defect involves the oil hose being too close to a radiator shroud panel. If the ride is bumpy, possible friction can cause the hose to develop leaks. The cars were produced anywhere from January 2006 to March 2009. Despite the fact that there were two complaints that were logged in this Mazda recall, neither of them were accident related. The Mazda recall automobiles in question are not available in the U.S. Nevertheless, Mazda indicates that it is unknown at this time if equivalent models on the European market will be affected.

Toyota's trouble is nevertheless much a lot more of a problem than Mazda's recall

Toyota recalls have exceeded 8 million automobiles since late 2009. Most were related to accelerator and brake issues, says the APF. The Toyota recall issues have brought executives before Congress and left the automaker’s reputation trashed. You will find at least 97 lawsuits “seeking damages for injury or death linked to sudden acceleration” and an upward of 138 class actions related to loss of Toyota resale value caused by the Toyota recall. The government wants to sue Toyota for $ 16.4 million on top of the damages the other suits generated. Mazda should be grateful, because things could obviously be worse than what they’re dealing with during the Mazda recall.

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Agence France-Presse



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