The defect was found throughout routine inner testing, mentioned Royal Enfield
Eicher Motors-owned Royal Enfield mentioned on Wednesday it’s going to recall near 236,966 bikes throughout some fashions resulting from defects within the ignition coil that may trigger misfiring and, in uncommon circumstances, an electrical quick circuit. Royal Enfield is an iconic model in India, the world’s largest motorcycle market, with a devoted fan-following for its vary of cruisers and classic-looking bikes.
The recall will apply to Meteor, Traditional and Bullet mannequin bikes offered in India, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia, Royal Enfield mentioned in an announcement.
The defect was found throughout routine inner testing and the difficulty has been remoted to particular batches of fabric sourced from our exterior provider between December 2020 and April 2021, the corporate mentioned, including that the difficulty is uncommon and doesn’t impression all bikes manufactured in the course of the interval.
Shares of Eicher Motors, which additionally makes vans and buses via a three way partnership with Sweden’s Volvo, trimmed some positive aspects after the announcement and was final up 0.3 per cent amid a weak Indian market. Royal Enfield additionally mentioned it expects lower than 10 per cent of the recalled bikes to want substitute of the faulty half.