SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s nuclear safety agency said Tuesday that it has ordered a recall of electric mats and bedding made by local companies that have been found to emit higher-than-permissible levels of radon gas, which can pose a health risk. The recalls affect eight products manufactured after March 2017 by [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport ministry on Sunday issued recall orders for 11,500 units of 58 different imported cars, including those from BMW, Volkswagen and Honda. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said 2,461 units of Germany-based carmaker BMW’s 320d and 116i models will be recalled, citing battery problems. Around [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Global furniture giant Ikea said Thursday it has voluntarily begun recalling ceiling lamps due to safety issues following reports of glass shades falling. The decision affects 432 Calypso ceiling lamps sold in South Korea after Aug. 1, 2016, the company’s local unit said. About 100 cases of glass shades [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 11,400 BMW vehicles have yet to be inspected for safety as of Friday, with about 7,900 of them having received reservations to undergo checks, the transport ministry said. The German automaker recalled 106,317 BMW cars after a string of cases of engines catching fire. There have been 40 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will look into BMW Korea over its alleged delay in the recalling of more than 100,000 passenger cars, an official said Thursday, as the latest vehicle fire is fueling safety concerns. A BMW 520d sedan caught fire while being driven on a local expressway at 11:47 a.m. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Ford Motor Company, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and BMW will recall faulty parts in more than 1,000 vehicles sold in South Korea, the transport ministry said Thursday. Ford will recall 626 Lincoln MKZs and eight Fusion sedans manufactured in 2013 to replace faulty door latches. Mitsubishi issued a recall for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and two vehicle importers will recall over 40,000 vehicles in South Korea for faulty parts, the transport ministry said Thursday. This is the latest in a series of recall orders issued by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to both domestic and foreign carmakers. The carmakers, [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is expected to recall more than 1 million vehicles in 2017 as motorists become more safety-conscious amid the sophistication of auto parts and technology, officials said Thursday. In the year to date, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has ordered some 100 recalls affecting 820,000 vehicles, with the full-year number likely to far exceed the 1 million mark. It will mark the first time in two years for [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s transport ministry on Friday ordered Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. to recall a combined 240,000 vehicles for faulty parts. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport made the final decision after reviewing five cases of suspected faulty parts in 12 models made [...]
SUWON, South Korea, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A former Hyundai Motor employee who disclosed defects in Hyundai’s Theta II engine may face criminal charges, with the South Korean car maker seemingly intent on bringing the whistleblower to court. The 54-year-old former chief of Hyundai’s quality and strategy department, only disclosed as Kim, accused the [...]