Brakes are breaking at Dongfeng
Dongfeng motors, the JV partner of Honda, Citroen, Nissan etc is recalling 3,154 Nissan Sylphy, Tiida, Teana and Livina models produced between Sept 7th and Sept 17th this year. The brakes on these model cars produced in the above time line have been known to spring brake fluid leaks. Not good news then for the Chinese/Japanese joint venture which has a registered capital of 2.2 Billion USD. The good news for customers is that Dongfeng will fix the problem for free.
Thankfully, China Car Times doesnt have any brake problems with their Dongfeng Nissan.
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Three thousand units is small potatoes and DFL needn’t worry about its image if it handles the recall appropriately i.e. makes the customer happy in spite of the inconvenience.
But the real bogey on the horizon is a huge recall in a place like Europe or North America. That’s why it’s so important for the Chinese to get it right in China first.
I think Yin Tongyao of Chery knows that now but I’m not sure about the others.