Maruti Suzuki calls back over 50,000 units of Swift, Baleno

New Delhi : Indian car maker Maruti Suzuki on Tuesday announced that it will inspect and replace fault brake vacuum hose of over 50,000 Swift and Baleno models.

The cars manufactured between 1st December 2017 and 16th March 2018 will be scanned and monitored for the fault in brake hose.

The company will be contacting the customers of the vehicles from May 14 onwards.

Such service campaigns have become a comman practice among the vehicle makers to ensure zero faults that may cause inconvenience to the customers.

Under the scheme, the inspection and replacement will be done free of cost.

Customers of new Swift and Baleno are requested to fill in the chassis number (MBH followed by 14 digit alpha-numeric number) on the computer screen. The chassis number is embossed on the vehicle ID plate and is also in the vehicle invoice / registration documents. 

According to a data posted by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) website, over 1.12 lakh vehicles have been recalled in the first three months of 2018 -- between January and March. Moreover, the figures have surpassed the number of total vehicles recalled in the entire 2017.