This led to a huge dent in the further prospects of the car as over 70,000 cars were recalled to install a fuse in the electric wiring system. This was done to prevent short circuiting that had been traced as the cause of the fires. According to figures compiled by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, Tata Motors has sold 1, 40,428 units of the Tata Nano since the car's launch in 2009 till November this year.
The process has been undertaken to replace the starter motor which would result in a deficit of Rs.115 crore to the company. This move surely rubs in the salt into the already beleaguered reputation of the Tata Nano.
The cars that will get the nod for the recall will include the entire lot of Nanos that were out of the factory since the launch of the mini car in 2009 and sold till November 21 this year. However the recall escapes the Nano 2012 model that was launched during the same period of November 21 earlier this year.
The company clarifies that the move is not at all a recall and is merely changing the old starter motor free of cost with a better one. The company has not received any sort of complaints from the customers for such a recall and it is just a part of improving the performance of the Nano with the inclusion of a better motor. As of now the company has already done the damage control to over 50,000 cars. Last week Japanese auto giant Toyota recalled 41,000 units of the Toyota Etios and Toyota Etios Liva models to replace a hose leading to the fuel tank.
Honda too followed suit with the recall of 57,853 units of its midsized sedan Honda City earlier this year to replace a faulty engine part. Maruti too joined the race with the recall of 13,157 units of its diesel engine cars to replace what was suspected to be a faulty engine part in April this year. The recall ran across its three top selling models - the Swift Dzire, the Maruti Swift and the Maruti Ritz.
If this was done by some foreign company you would have been singing praises for how they think about their consumers! It’s a huge step in the automobile industry to replace a perfectly fine starter motor by a better one, for all the users, for free.
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