Transport Canada says Hyundai Auto Canada guilty of safety violation (updated)

Hyundai

18/04/2023 18:59

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       April 18 (Reuters) - Transport Canada said on Tuesday
Hyundai Auto Canada Corp pleaded guilty to six different counts
of criminal charges for violating the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
    Hyundai Auto Canada failed to send out notices of safety
defect within the prescribed time period of 60 days, the
statement said, and the company will pay a fine of $360,000.
    "It is alarming that Hyundai failed to notify vehicle owners
of a recall in a timely manner on six different occasions,"
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said.
    The defects that affected nearly 300,000 vehicles were a
part of the recalls issued by Hyundai in 2020 and 2021. Some of
these recalls were safety risks related to possible vehicle
fires, reduced braking performance and sudden loss of engine
power.
    "Hyundai Canada recognized that during the COVID pandemic,
it was not meeting the precise timing requirements identified in
the applicable regulations in a limited number of instances.
However, we immediately corrected the issue and accepted
responsibility," the company said.

 (Reporting by Priyamvada C in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna
Chandra Eluri and Shounak Dasgupta)
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