In a rare occurrence, Royal Enfield has issued a recall for some of its motorcycles. Units manufactured between November 2022 and March 2023 are said to have been affected by this recall. Eicher Motors, parent company of Royal Enfield, revealed the same through a corporate announcement listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) website a couple of days ago.
The recall centres around faulty and substandard reflectors may not meet the performance requirements as per standards and the reflective quality may be less than required. While the issue has been reported only in a very small sample size, the company has decided to proactively replace reflectors on all motorcycles manufactured between the said time period.
This could potentially compromise visibility which may lead to safety hazards in low,light conditions. The Chennai-based bikemaker will be undertaking free of cost replacement for customers across all markets including India and overseas. The service action for the recall will be undertaken in a phased manner starting with South Korea, USA and Canada followed by other market like India, Brazil, Latin America, Europe and the UK.
Replacement of the side and rear reflectors for the motorcycles will be free of cost to customers and the time taken to replace the same will be approximately 15 minutes. Customers whose motorcycle requires the replacement will be contacted by Royal Enfield’s service teams in a phased manner.
In other developments, Royal Enfield is geared up for an exciting few months starting with the Motoverse to be held in November this year in Goa. Enfield is expected to unveil the all-new Classic 650 at the annual motorcycling event. Recently, spy images of the same went viral on the internet.