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Ministry of Transportation has announced a recall conducted for seven days by five cars 171,348 cars produced by Hyundai-Kia. Recalled vehicles are equipped with the Theta 2 engine was produced before August 2013. Recalls on this Theta 2 engine to the recall voluntarily performed in a non-HMC command of the government, Hyundai has submitted a recall plan to the Ministry unit in the last six days.
Engine Further, the other rod is connected through bearings called rods and crank shafts of the connecting rod in order to convert linear motion into rotary motion, sets make the oil supply hole (holes) on the crankshaft for smooth friction of the bearings and crankshaft. The Theta 2 engine production last August 2013, according to the previous recall of the Hyundai Motor plans to submit to the Ministry unit has a problem in this area. The metal impurities by mechanical defects in the process of making the oil feed hole in the crankshaft occurs, it causes these metal impurities occurs seizure phenomenon prevents smooth the friction of the crankshaft and bearings confirming that could lead to one run starting off that.
According to the municipal submitting the land portion at Hyundai, first inspected if there is a problem for the entire affected vehicles and for vehicles identified as an issue the recall in a way that replacing the existing engine with a new and improved engine this is progress. The recall is expected in view of the period, the engine supply and demand situation and recall preparation time needed for improved engine production to commence from May 22 this year. That car owners can receive a free full service (checking after the problems found during engine replacement, etc.), or in modern KIA Service Center in accordance with the model next month 22.
Ministry of Transportation has implemented the josok verification of the recall plan submitted by the Hyundai Motor Company in accordance with the judgment that a vehicle defect is immediate corrective desirable for the user's safety after the first approval in seven day recall method and the appropriateness of the target vehicle or the like. If the recall plan is not appropriate, it plans to order a complement to it.
Whilst land portion reported as related in the same filed in Theta 2 engine raises the problem of domestic some media that are experiencing the symptoms off the boot while driving due to engine seizure in some models of Hyundai Motor mounting and manufacturing defects call center information, theta 2 transportation safety Authority was instructed (October, 4 days) produced a defect investigation on vehicle safety researchers to determine whether production defects in the engine, car safety researcher has conducted a survey recently. Check that the Motor Vehicle Safety Institute in the seizure occurs in fieldwork, the Theta 2 engine production, including through the driver's meeting before the August 2013 issue of the Report on the Production Vehicle Defect Report Center, and the seizure phenomenon Safe Driving the production defective one possibility is high that the reported trouble (last month), the Ministry section.
Land unit was scheduled to assume the 20th comes to manufacturing defects consisting of the screening survey to determine whether a recall is necessary for the Theta 2 engine with the car professional professor and representative consumer organizations Commission. However, land unit, as recognized manufacturing defects from Hyundai before assuming the findings of the Theta 2 engine of the car safety researcher in making defect screening evaluation committee and submit a voluntary recall plan to shut down the manufacturing defect investigation into the Theta 2 engine and said it will evaluate only the adequacy of the corrective plan.
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