Over 10,000 Mazda cars recalled for engine warning light issue

All the recalled cars were manufactured since December 9, 2014, using a 1.5 littre Skyactive engine of the cars7,740 are sedan units and 2,360 are hatchback cars.

The recall will run from June 16, 2016 to December 2017 in all Mazda car authorised agents nationwide. The complementary inspection and amendment for each car is expected to take four and a half hours.

Experts found that soot in the fuel injector was the cause of the engine warning light. 

The engine warning light continuously appears on the dashboard, a problem causing inconvenience for car drivers. The issue has been reported by Vietnamese clients since the middle of 2015.

Mazda was the best-selling model in the Vietnam market with an accumulated 20,359 cars sold in 2015, registering a 116 percent growth compared to 2014. 

Thaco, the largest automobile maker in Vietnam has produced and already distributed vehicles for three manufacturers including Kia from the Republic of Korea, Mazda from Japan and French giant Peugeot.