Defective airbags, seat belts in 17 thousand Maruti Suzuki cars! Check like this if your car is ok or not

The country’s well-known automaker, Maruti Suzuki, has announced a recall of 17,362 of its cars. The company has announced a recall for cars manufactured between December 8, 2022 and January 12, 2023. There is a possibility of airbag controller failure in these cars. Customers can contact their dealer and customers can also be contacted by the dealer. After this, the cars can be brought in for inspection. The car will be inspected at the dealer. The airbag controller will be checked and replaced.

The reason behind the withdrawal is important

The reason behind the recall is an affected airbag controller, whereby the airbags may not deploy in an accident. Potentially affected Maruti Suzuki models include the Maruti Suzuki Alto K10, Maruti Suzuki S-Presso, Maruti Suzuki Eeco, Maruti Suzuki Brezza, Maruti Suzuki Baleno, and Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara.

At the same time, the company retired the Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara in December 2022 along with the Maruti Suzuki Ciaz, Maruti Suzuki Brezza and Maruti Suzuki Ertiga MPV. Of these models, 9,000 units were recalled due to a faulty seat belt height adjuster for the front seats. This fault occurred in cars manufactured between November 2, 2022 and November 28, 2022. The Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder was also recalled due to the same defect.

How to check if your car is damaged or not

Maruti Suzuki has advised not to drive cars manufactured between December 8, 2022 and January 12, 2023 for the time being. At the same time, the dealer or workshop will contact the customers themselves. At the same time, you can also check whether your car is damaged or not. For this you have to go to the official website of Maruti Suzuki. You can check if your car requires inspection or repair by entering your car’s chassis number.

Let us tell you that this recall came as Maruti Suzuki began taking reservations for the two new cars unveiled at the 2023 Auto Expo. Advance reservations for the Maruti Suzuki Jimny and Maruti Suzuki Fronx began this week.