Dubai: Farouk Fayyad
The Ministry of Economy, in collaboration with its partners and commercial agents, has launched; 8 recall campaigns for outboard marine vehicles and engines for public safety and safety reasons, July to September), which included 2,922 cars and marine engines for Mercedes, Jaguar, Ford, Yamaha and Land Rover models.
The Ministry of Economy, in collaboration with “Al Tayer Motors” and “Premier Motors”, has recalled 3 major campaigns for Ford cars of various categories, for a total of 2,344 vehicles, including Ford Expedition 2020, Ford Pickup F-150 , Lincoln Navigator and “Super Duty” 2020-2022, to control the left and right wiper arms, and with a number of 1309 cars, as there are in the recalled vehicles, the car’s wiper arms may not work smoothly, the which could cause one of the arms to fail or separate from the car, which can restrict vision under certain conditions.
In another campaign, 741 Ford EcoSport 2018-2019 vehicles to update the transmission computer programming, where engine vibrations can cause the timing belt pulley to malfunction, which can lead to a loss of engine timing, and then stop and damage the engine and the sudden slowing caused Stopping the engine increases the risk of an accident or injury.
And in a third campaign, which included 294 Ford Bronco four-door 2021-2022, to control the door latch, the rear door could be opened from inside the car despite an indication that the child lock is in the operating position. , which increases the risk of injury to rear seat passengers. Do not wear a seat belt.
In two other campaigns for Jaguar vehicles, which included 149 cars; Al Tayer Motors and Premier Motors recalled the Jaguar F-PACE2021-2022 to check the headlights and the Jaguar F-TYPE, F-PACE, XE and XF 2022 to check the seat belt pretensioner doors, as there may be problems in the cars covered by this campaign. That the taillights do not meet the required specifications, and therefore a part of the rear turn signal may not light up properly and this could result in the indicator not being displayed from the rear of the car, which can lead to accidents. In other vehicles, there is concern that the front seat belt pretensioner tube installed in the seat belt retractor may be damaged and therefore may malfunction at the time of the accident and cause the belt to be completely reduced or missing in a collision and may expose Passengers to the risk of injury.
In a sixth campaign, it included 109 Land Rover Defender, Discovery, Discovery Sport, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover Velar cars of the 2022-2023 model, in order to inspect the seat belt pretensioner tube. It is feared that the front seat the belt pretensioner tube installed in the belt retractor may be damaged and therefore may not function properly in the event of an accident and this may cause a weakening or complete lack of belt tension in the event of a collision, increasing the level of injury.
In a seventh campaign, which included 3 Mercedes-Benz GL-CLASS models 253 models and E-CLASS 2013 models 2019-2022, it was found that in covered cars, especially four-wheel drive ones, the drivetrain braids may not conform to specifications.
In an eighth campaign, it included 317 Yamaha outboard marine engines; From Al-Yousef Motors, in order to reprogram the electronic control unit on it, as there is the possibility that the ignition coils are activated when the main switch is inserted due to incorrect programming of the engine control unit.
