HANOI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Mitsubishi Motors Vietnam and Audi Vietnam have decided to recall 4,218 Mitsubishi cars with technical faults and 33 Audi Q3 autos with brake light malfunction, local media reported on Monday.
Among the 4,218 Mitsubishi cars, there are 3,275 Pajero Sport vehicles manufactured between 2011 and 2016, and 943 Outlander Sport produced in the 2014-2016 period, newspaper Dau Tu (Investment) quoted the Vietnam Register as reporting.
The Mitsubishi recall is expected to last two years.
According to Mitsubishi Motors Vietnam, the supporting hinge of the backdoor can be rusted due to being incompletely painted, and can then be broken. The worst-case scenario is that the door can drop at any time, or the broken hinge can cause damage to people nearby.
Meanwhile, 33 Audi Q3 cars in Vietnam manufactured between June 2014 and November 2016 with brake light malfunction are being recalled until the end of October.
Vietnam spent over 1.1 billion U.S. dollars importing completely-built automobiles and components for assembly in the first seven months of this year, experiencing a year-on-year drop of 9.4 percent, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
In the seven-month period, Vietnam imported 57,000 completely-built automobiles worth more than 1.2 billion U.S. dollars.
