JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Daihatsu officially announced the campaign recall 97,290 cars in Indonesia. This is due to a breakdown problem impeller fuel pump.
For the model, it consists of 41,152 Terios production 2017 to June 2019, 53,246 Great and Grand New Xenia October 2017 to June 2019 alerts, as well Sirion production from January 2018 to September 2019 with a total of 2,892 units.
So what is the effect of the problem impeller fuel pump that, how do you recognize the symptoms, and how fatal is it if left alone?
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In response to this, Bambang Supriyadi, Executive Coordinator of the Technical Service Division of PT Astra Daihatsu Motor (ADM) said, there are four phenomena that can occur due to problems. impeller fuel pump which flourishes.
“First, the engine is dead and difficult to start, the engine is not powerful. Then, the car RPM is unstable, and the indicator engine check or engine turns on speedometer, “said Bambang in a virtual press conference, Thursday (18/3/2021).
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These four are characteristic if the consumer’s Terios, Xenia, or Sirion has a problem with fuel pump. However, from several cases, the most common thing is that the engine dies and it is difficult to turn it on again.
This condition most often occurs when the car is parked after use, when it is hot, or when it is waiting for a red light in an engine condition idle. Meanwhile, the three other symptoms are claimed to have very few cases.
Talking about the crucial or fatal impact of the problem, according to Bambang, impeller which expands beyond the tolerance limit, which is 26 microns, is quite annoying because it blocks the supply fuel.
Bambang said that the owners of the three types of Daihatsu models are expected to check their vehicles at official workshops. If there is a problem, then the motor pump will soon be replaced free of charge.
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“Affected consumers can make repairs at the 160 official workshops that we have prepared for free. Checking can be from the official website, contacting Daihatsu Access, or there will be a later. call center who contacted, “said Bambang.
“Program recall This applies without limitation, cars that have been sold or changed hands can still make changes if indeed when checked there are problems, “he said.
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