General Motors has announced yet another recall – this time in South Korea for 27,051 locally built models.
Spark mini cars sold in South Korea may have a defective transmission mount which may destabilise and cause a drop in transmission power, the ministry of land, infrastructure and transport said in a Friday (4 July) statement cited by Reuters.
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Affected cars were produced in South Korea between 8 June and 12 December 2013, the ministry said.
GM had voluntarily reported the defect to the Korean government, a ministry official told Reuters.
The ministry had previously uncovered the same problem and had announced a recall of 4,848 Spark minis in January, the official added.
A GM Korea spokesman told the news agency there had been no reports of crashes or injuries arising from the defect.
The Korean-made Spark is also sold in the United States and Europe.
The GM Korea spokesman told Reuters cars exported to the US would not be affected by the recall, and the company is considering whether to take “proper action” in other markets such as Europe.
So far this year, GM has recalled 29m vehicles, more than half of them because of potentially defective ignition switches blamed for at least 61 crashes and 16 deaths, the news agency report noted.
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