Mahindra recalls XUV500s manufactured before July 2014 to upgrade airbags

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has decided to recall an unspecified number of its premium sport utility vehicle (SUV) XUV500 manufactured on or before July 2014 to upgrade the side curtain airbag software.

Announcing the recall, the company said on Tuesday that it will upgrade the side curtain airbag software on all the XUV500s manufactured on or before July 2014. It did not disclose the total number of units affected by the recall.

The upgrade will be carried out free of cost for customers who will be individually contacted by the company. This upgrade will be limited only to a software change and no parts will be replaced, M&M said in a statement.

Mahindra had launched XUV500 in the country in September 2011 and crossed the one lakh milestone in July last year. However, the recall is unlikely to affect all of those units as airbags are available only in select variants.

Last November, Mahindra recalled 2,300 units of different variants of its another popular SUV Scorpio and XUV500, and multi-purpose vehicle Xylo to rectify a defective vacuum pump in engines manufactured in May last. It had also recalled around 23,000 units of select variants of Scorpio in July last year to rectify faulty pressure regulating valves.

In January, Renault had recalled 646 units of hatchback Pulse and mid-sized sedan Scala in India manufactured between September 2011July 2012 to fix faulty driver side airbags.