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 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., the country’s top automaker, was ordered to recall some 68,000 units of its Genesis and Equus large sedans for faulty fuel vapor canisters, the transportation ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said the affected vehicles were produced in 2011. “We informed Hyundai [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. will recall potentially faulty engines of more than 170,000 vehicles from late next month to ensure the safety of their customers, the transport ministry and the companies said Friday. Hyundai and Kia, South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, will voluntarily begin [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co., will recall over 66,000 cars sold here for engine and software issues that will also lead to over 1 billion won in penalties, the transportation ministry said Friday. The Next Spark minicar was found to have [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 1 million vehicles made by South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. will be recalled in the United States due to a defect found in the seatbelts, industry sources and the company said Thursday. The recall applies to some 978,000 units of Sonata and Sonata Hybrid models manufactured between 2011 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Friday held the first hearing on a compensation suit filed by hundreds of South Korean customers against German carmaker Volkswagen over vehicles with manipulated emissions data. During the hearing held at the Seoul Central District Court, a total of 259 plaintiffs demanded the cancellation of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Mercedes-Benz Korea, the local importer and distributor of the German vehicle, will recall some 280 cars sold here for an airbag issue that has affected millions of cars of various brands throughout the world, the transportation ministry said Friday. The latest recall is part of the Takata airbag recall [...]