GM India may recall Sail Sedan, U-VA diesel variants too

NEW DELHI: General Motors is looking to recall two more models - diesel variants of Sail sedan and Sail UV-A hatchback - to fix emission and quality issues, even as the US carmaker is grappling with the fallout from its recall of more than a lakh Tavera multi-utility vehicles.

"We have not arrived at any decision yet to recall the Sail, but are looking at all options," P Balendran, vice president corporate affairs at GM India, said.

The two Sail models have been facing some technical and quality issues, which made the carmaker stop their production from June 5.

Company officials said it has identified solution for the problem and targets to restart Sail diesel production within two weeks.

A senior official said the Sail recall is based on engineering issues and could be made by this week. However, the same person said there has been no customer complaint on the cars.

The recall, if it happens, will closely follow the recall of 1.14 lakh Tavera MPV last week after the company unveiled manipulations to clear emission tests. The government has instituted a probe into the matter while GM has dismissed 25 employees including CFO Anil Mehrotra, director (interior) Sheila Sarver and GM India Engineering vice-president Lavern Sula.

A Sail recall will be much smaller in scale as the diesel variant of Sail hatchback was launched in November last, while the notchback hit the road in February this year. Their sales have been about 2,000 to 3,000 units a month.

General Motors, meanwhile, has started work on the Tavera recall with its dealers working with the customers to change the catalytic converter in all the vehicles. Besides, in some vehicles the fuel pipe would also be changed.

"We have identified the problem and the dealers have been informed on the issue to change the required spare part. The entire exercise would take around 35-45 minutes at the service station and would be performed free of charge," Balendran said.

The Sail sedan and the notchback have been developed with General Motors' Chinese partner SAIC, which currently has a 9% stake in GM India.

General Motors India is probing the role of some of its Indian staffers drawn from critical areas such as engineering, quality, compliance and production in the quality issues.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/auto/automobiles/after-tavera-general-motors-india-may-recall-sail-sedan-u-va-diesel-variants-too/articleshow/21437388.cms

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