Parts are no longer bystanders of car recalls

Recently, the website of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) issued the "Measures for the Implementation of Regulations on Recall of Defective Automobile Products" (draft for solicitation of opinions) (referred to as "opinion") In addition to the refinement and regulation of the “Defective Automobile Products Recall Management Regulations” (the "Regulations") formally implemented in 2013, the biggest highlight of this "Contract Draft" is the first time that component producers are included in the recall system.

A car is a collection of tens of thousands of parts. Any quality problem or design flaw of any part will cause potential safety hazards. The newspaper has done statistics, in 2013 China's auto recall (excluding commercial vehicles), parts and materials do not meet the specification is an important factor in the recall, and there are a number of affected by the same Auto Parts resulting in a number of vehicle manufacturers at the same time Implementation of the recall case. For this reason, many people in the industry have called for regulations on the recall of parts and components.

Abroad, the recall of parts and components has precedent. For example, since the United States implemented the recall in 1966, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has required automakers to fulfill their obligation to recall entire vehicles and parts. As of the end of 2012, a total of more than 84 million parts were recalled. However, in China, except for the Kumho tyres in 2011 and the Bridgestone tyres in 2013, this is almost a blank. The issuance of the "Contract Draft" undoubtedly brought a curse to the auto parts manufacturers. Before the recall, the parts makers are no longer bystanders, but must also fulfill corresponding responsibilities and obligations.

However, I feel that for automakers and parts suppliers, the amount of fines ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 yuan in violation of relevant regulations is only an itch, and its warning significance is greater than punishment. Judging from the currently implemented "Regulations on Management," although mentions of violations of the relevant provisions of the regulations will be imposed on ordering corrections and varying degrees of high fines, but in more than a year of practice, although many car companies have not been active Actively fulfilled the recall obligation, but no one had been issued a ticket. The author believes that if the punishment measures are superficial or useless, it will affect the effectiveness of their future implementation.