The Business Weekly newspaper said that China plans to announce by the end of July new regulations that will unify its sharply divergent standards of quality and services in its booming vehicle market.
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The new rules are intended to become China’s primary legal framework to address aftersales service problems, such as recalls, the report said.
“We are now preparing for the final revision of the draft rules and it is now in the legal procedures after gathering opinions from automakers, consumers and business insiders,” said the newspaper, quoting Yang Xuetong, deputy secretary-general of the China Machinery Industry Federation.
Calls for detailed regulations have mounted after Lu Hui, a resident of China’s central city Changsha, was killed last year by a faulty Pajero SUV, “a model affiliated with Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors”, according to the report.
However Mitsubishi disassociated itself from the product, claiming it was its joint venture partner’s model and refused to pay out compensation.
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By GlobalData“Whenever a quality dispute happens between auto consumers and suppliers – including sales institutions and manufacturers, there will be a rule to follow,” Yang said.
