Nissan India recalls Micra hatchback and Sunny sedan

Following the global Micra recall for the hatchback manufactured by Nissan UK and Nissan Japan, the car maker’s recall attention is now focused on India. The made-in-India Nissan Micra hatchback and Sunny sedan have come under the recall scanner and as many as 67,089 Micras and Sunnys have been recalled from across the globe. In India, Nissan has issued a recall for 22,188 units of the Micra and the Sunny built at the Oragadam factory, off Chennai.

2013 Nissan Sunny Special Edition Sedan

The recall is to fix the fault brake master cylinder on the cars. Dealers have been issued a recall notice and customers will in turn be contacted to bring in their cars for the replacement of the brake master cylinder free of cost.  Nissan’s best selling cars in the Indian car market are the Micra hatchback and the Sunny sedan. Both cars are available with petrol and turbo diesel engines.

Nissan Micra Hatchback

Apart from selling the Micra and Sunny in the Indian car market, Nissan exports a large number of these cars to many countries across the world. In fact, Nissan India exports more made-in-India Nissan cars than what it sells in India. So, the recall to replace the faulty master cylinder has global ramifications.  It must be noted that many car makers such as Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Maruti Suzuki do not hesitate to call a spade, a spade, and use the word recall to fix issues in their cars.

Indian auto makers such as Tata Motors, Mahindra and Bajaj Auto continue to substitute the word “recall” with terms such as “product improvements”, etc. Any which ways, cars being recalled pro-actively is a step that is beneficial to the car buyer as safety hazard are identified and eliminated through these recalls. The SIAM(Society of Indian Auto Manufacturers), a lobbying body of the Indian automotive industry have instituted a voluntary recall code for automakers.