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Honda CBR250R

Honda has voluntarily called the CBR250R because of the defective front braking system. The front brake issue is present in the models that were produced between the period of March 2011 and September 2012. The ‘front brake master cylinder assembly’ will be replaced free of cost irrespective of the warranty status.


Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, vice president, sales and marketing, HMSI commented saying, “Although recalls are new in India, customers today are maturing fast and perceive recall positively.” He also added that the company found it suitable to carry on with the recall after it discovered this problem occurring in eight of the 21,000 units it sold so far.

HMSI are no the first to voluntarily recall the vehicle in Indian market. Over the past couple of years, a number of car makers including Toyota, Honda and Maruti Suzuki had  to recall.

Yamaha is recalling certain model year 2009 VMX17 motorcycles manufactured from June 2008 through March 2009.

There could be excessive electrical resistance in the ground wire from the Accelerator Position Sensor (APS) and the Throttle Position Sensor (TPS) due to an insufficiently crimped connection.

700 units are affected.

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Ducati is recalling certain model year 2010-2011 Multistrada 1200, and model year 2011, Diavel motorcycles.

The electronic steering lock may fail to disengage during the motorcycle "key-on" process. This has been linked directly to a certain revision of the hands free device software. It could result in a situation where the motorcycles engine might start while the steering lock is still engaged. A rider could start the motorcycle and attempt to ride away while the steering is still locked.

The number of units affected is 1051.

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Triumph is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Tiger 800 and Tiger 800 XC motorcycles manufactured from September 2010 through June 2011.



There is a problem with the engine management software.



The number of units affected is 1485.



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