Mahindra has issued a recall for the new Scorpio-N. According to the carmaker, 6618 units of the Scorpio-N have been recalled. All the affected units are of the manual transmission kind. This is the first recall for the Scorpio-N.
What is the recall for?
Mahindra has recalled the SCorpio-N and XUV700. According to the carmaker, the rubber bellow inside the bell housing needs to be inspected. In terms of total units recalled, 6618 Mahindra Scorpio-Ns and 12,566 Mahindra XUV700s have been recalled. Both of them are manual transmission variants.
According to Mahindra, the cars which have been affected were manufactured between 1 July 2022 and 11 November 2022. It is claimed that an error in a sorting process at a supplier’s plant during the said dates caused this issue. The operating dimensional clearance of the rubber bellow inside the bell housing might have been affected.
What is the service action to be performed?
Mahindra has said that they would inspect all the recalled units and will get them rectified if needed, free of cost. The dealerships have been handed the responsibility of individually contacting the owners of the affected cars. Additionally, owners of Scorpio-N MT and XUV700 MT manufactured between 1 July 2022 and 11 November 2022, do head to your nearest dealership to sort this issue out.
This issue could affect the performance of these cars; hence it is imperative to get your vehicle inspected proactively.
Waiting period of Mahindra Scorpio-N
Owners awaiting delivery of their Scorpio-N and other Mahindra models like the Thar and XUV700 might have some good news. Mahindra is expanding its production capacity. Mahindra’s monthly production capacity is set to increase from 29,000 units in Q4 FY2022 to 49,000 units by Q4 of FY2024, as confirmed by the company recently. Mahindra also announced an investment of INR 7,900 crore over a period of three years.
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