Maruti Suzuki recalls 3,796 units of Ciaz to replace faulty clutch part

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI), the country's largest car maker, has recalled 3,796 units of its recently launched mid-sized sedan Ciaz to replace a faulty part of clutch operation system.

The cars are among those manufactured till November 7, 2014, the carmaker said.

"Maruti Suzuki India Ltd will proactively undertake a service campaign to inspect a suspected fault and replace the relevant part of clutch operation system of a batch of 3,796 Ciaz (manual transmission) cars," the company said in a statement.

Maruti said it has decided to undertake a service campaign for these cars in the interest of customers and dealers have started to communicate with owners of the impacted vehicles.

"The inspection and replacement will be done free of cost to the customer," the carmaker added.

MSI had launched the mid-sized sedan in November with an introductory price starting at Rs 6.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).

The petrol variants of Ciaz are priced between Rs 6.99 lakh and Rs 9.34 lakh while the diesel variants are priced between Rs 8.04 lakh and Rs 9.8 lakh, respectively (ex-showroom Delhi).

In April, 2014, MSI had recalled 1,03,311 units of its popular models - Ertiga, Swift and DZire - manufactured between November 12, 2013 and February 4, 2014 to replace faulty fuel filler neck.

In September, the company had recalled 69,555 units of Dzire, Swift and Ritz models manufactured between March 2010 and August 2013 to repair wiring harness fitment.

Ever since auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) started voluntary vehicle recalls for safety related issues in the country in July 2012, over seven lakh vehicles have been recalled by various car manufacturers including Ford, Mahindra & Mahindra, Honda, General Motors and Nissan.