Maruti recalls 1 lakh A-Star cars over faulty fuel pump

Maruti Suzuki said it was calling back one lakh 'A-Star', the company's flagship export model, to replace a faulty fuel pump gasket. The replacement will be done at no cost to the customer and will help check possible fuel leak, although no complaints have been received from customers, the company said. "As a proactive step, we decided to check all vehicles from the lot, around one lakh units including those exported overseas," a spokesperson of Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said. This is the largest recall exercise in the Indian automotive industry to-date.
MSI had earlier recalled its hatchback Swift in 2005 to change bolts to reduce the front suspension noise in Swift petrol and in 2007 electronic control units of Swift diesel. It had also replaced speedometers in M800 and Omni in 2008. The company has so far changed the gasket in about 50,000 units of its fifth global model -- A-Star. The model was launched on November 19, 2008, and the 998cc K10B petrol engined car is produced only in India at its Manesar facility. The recalled vehicles belong to a lot made till August 22 last year, the spokesperson said.