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Mazda Recall Will Affect 90,000 Vehicles In Japan And China

Either Japan's auto industry has always had problems and it is only now that people 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 find a cheaper way of production to meet mounting production demands. Whatever the case seems to be, automakers everywhere should be grateful that the Mazda recall has not been connected with any accidents yet. As consumer reports point out, automakers have taken their share of public image lumps lately.

Mazda 3 model is part of the Mazda recall

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

The Mazda recall is still not nearly as bad as Toyota

Toyota recalls have exceeded 8 million vehicles worldwide since l2009. Most of these have been related to brake and accelerator issues, says the AFP. The Toyota recall issues have brought executives to the Congress and left the automaker's reputation horrible. To date, there are at least 97 lawsuits "seeking damages for injury or death linked to sudden acceleration" and upward of 138 class actions connected to the 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.

Sources:

Agence France-Presse

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