‘Sensitive’ Hyundai recalls new Sonata

‘Sensitive’ Hyundai recalls new SonataHyundai Motors - South Korean automaker today announced a voluntary recall of its 2011 Sonata. The flagship company of the Hyundai group, Hyundai Motor will take back 47,000 of its new Sonata, after earlier saying it would suspend US sales, sedans to fix defected door latches, seeking to avoid any embarrassment that led to severe criticism of the Japanese rival Toyota Motor.

"Recalls have become a highly sensitive issue since Toyota's recall," said Yim Eun-young, an analyst at Dongbu Securities.

According to a company statement, the recall was in response to a few customer complaints and the company would start recalling the vehicles beginning this March. The company was quick to add that were no reports of injuries connected to the glitch.

Maruti Suzuki (India) will also recall up to 106,000 A-Star, including 30,000 supplied to Nissan Motors, on account of a defective fuel tank part. The same car is supplied to Nissan, which the company exports to Europe in the name of 'Pixo' under a contract manufacturing agreement.