Recently, according to the automobile recall information issued by the AQSIQ, in the first half of 2017, a total of 38 car brands in China’s passenger car market issued 118 recall announcements, and a total of 4.86 million vehicles were recalled, including luxury brands.

As can be seen from the data, in the first half of 2016, there were 69 domestic announcements concerning automobile recalls, and the total recall amounted to nearly 6 million. Compared with the same period of last year, the number of recalls decreased significantly in the first half of this year, but the number has increased by 49 times, an increase of 67%. Shows that domestic car recalls are becoming more normal.

In this regard, China National Chicai Research Fellow Zhou Qifei said that this shows that under the influence of China’s auto recall system, domestic auto brands have paid more attention to product quality issues.

Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the CLUCC National Committee, also believes that after experiencing the continuous and significant growth of the Chinese automobile market and the superimposed impact of the recall on the recall of defective products, the recall of cars will enter a more stable stage in the future.

Looking specifically at the month, March was the peak period of car recalls in the first half of the year. In this regard, Cui Dongshu analyzed that it was part of the car companies that chose to take the initiative to recall in advance during the “3·15” period when they were “exposed”.

In terms of sub-brands, the largest number of European cars was recalled, and the Japanese cars were the third among the Japanese cars affected by Takada airbag doors.

Among them, it is worth noting that in the first half of this year, the number of auto recalls initiated by self-owned brands has greatly increased.

According to statistics, during the first half of this year, China’s own brands initiated nine recalls involving 236,000 vehicles. Compared with the 120,000 recalls last year, the number of recalls in the first half of this year was nearly double the total amount of the previous year.

The brands involved include Chang'an, SAIC's MG, Chery, BYD, Dongfeng Qichen and Beiqi Shenbao, among which the Changan Automobile has the largest recall.

In this regard, Zhou Qifei believes that the increase in the recall of Chinese self-owned brands is a positive phenomenon for the healthy development of the industry. It is to better protect the rights of consumers and shape the brand image of sustainable development.

Cui Dongshu also stated that with the continuous increase in the ownership of self-owned brands, the awareness of car recalls by self-owned car manufacturers and consumers is gradually rational, and the awareness of after-sales service is becoming stronger, and the number and frequency of recalls of self-owned brand passenger cars will surely increase. Get closer to international standards.

Among all recalled car brands, the number of Audi brand recalls ranked first, totaling 1.26 million vehicles, which accounted for 26% of the total vehicle recalls in the first half of the year. Among them, the problem of the engine-assisted coolant pump and sunroof drainage system has become the main reason for the recall of related models. Among the Audi recalled models, the Audi Q5 has become the largest recalled model.

Judging from the number of recalls, the number of recalls by Mercedes-Benz in the first half of the year was slightly frequent, as many as a dozen times. The vehicles involved in the recall include domestic C-class, GLA, E-class, GLC-SUV, and imported A-class, B-class, C-class, CLA, and GLC sedan SUV vehicles. The reasons for recall include hardware defects, steering system problems, software code errors, door lock cables not meeting process requirements, and insufficient bonding strength between the front windshield and the vehicle body.