FAW recalls 260 trucks in Russia

“FAW - Eastern Europe” on August 24th announced the recall of 260 FAW J6 (CA3250) vehicles manufactured from August 2020 to July 2021. Reasons for recall: on the roof of the cab, in the center, there is a group of three white lights visible from the front, the installation of which in accordance with this type approval of the vehicle is not provided.

Also, the location of the columns with the values of the mass indicators on the manufacturer's plate does not meet the requirements of the technical regulations TR CU 018/2011, the press service of Rosstandart reports. In all vehicles, a group of three lights on the roof of the cab will be switched off, and the manufacturer's plates will be replaced. All work will be carried out free of charge for the owners. As previously reported by AUTOSTAT, according to the results of the first half of 2021, 783 FAW cars were sold in Russia, which is 2.4 times higher than the same indicator of the previous year.

Dump trucks with wheel configurations 6x4 and 8x4 remain the locomotive of sales, the share of which in the total volume of sold vehicles was 83%. There were sold 655 units of such vehicles - 2.6 times higher than in January-June of 2020.