The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published a series of new recalls for Suzuki, Mazda, Kia, Ford and Mercedes-Benz.
Ford Australia has issued a recall on 181 Escape and Kuga SUVs built in from July to October 2016, also for a knee and side-airbag fault in which it may fail to deploy, however completely separate from the Takata issue.
Plus there are 1907 Focus (2015-16MY) and Kuga (2013-16MY) models with manual transmissions susceptible to overheating.
“As a result of excessive clutch slip”, a pressure plate fracture that damages the gearbox assembly can cause a transmission fluid leak and potential engine fire as a final result.
Mazda Australia is recalling 1624 CX-3 SUV diesel vehicles sold from February 22, 2015 to November 24, 2017 with a potential reverse oil leak problem.
Lubricant could be “drawn into the engine and result in an engine over run condition” when the driveline is “unloaded” and operated at high revs such as in park or neutral.
The ‘over run’ can cause excessive and “uncontrollable” high engine RPM until it “either fails or is damaged.”
Mazda dealers will provide a Powertrain Control Module re-programming/re-calibration to rectify the issue at zero cost to owners.
Suzuki Australia is bringing 2701 SX4 small SUVs and 869 Kizashi sedan/hatch for an oil pressure problem on their continuously variable transmission (CVT) control modules.
The CVT issue could “cause the vehicle speed to be restricted and/or result in poor vehicle acceleration” as a result of failure “to control the oil pressure correctly.”
SX4s affected were sold from July 19, 2012 to August 28, 2014, and Kizashi from July 19, 2012, to December 19, 2015 (now discontinued).
Mercedes-Benz Australia is recalling 29 of its GLC mid-size SUVs sold from January 2 to April 3, 2017 for a potential airbag failure, also separate from the mandatory Takata airbag recall.
The GLC’s “connector pins to the airbag control unit may have been manufactured incorrectly” resulting in “a higher resistance of the wiring over time, potentially causing the passenger seat occupation classification system to be deactivated”.
This can result in the “deactivation of the passenger side frontal airbag”.
Some 59 GTR, GTC and GLS models are also being recalled for a seat belt guide loop which may see the belt “jam” and “impair the restraint effect of the seat belt in a heavy braking situation.”
Kia Australia is also collecting another 75 Souls through its dealer network to rectify a steering pinion gear which “may separate from the steering gear assembly causing loss of steering control”.
The fault is possibly due to an issue in manufacturing, where “the adhesive used to secure the steering pinion gear to the steering gear assembly had insufficient strength”.
Affected PS model vehicles were built from January 18, 2014 to September 30, 2015.
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