Monday, April 19, 2010

Mazda May Fix Oil Hose Defect In Additional 190,000 Subcompact Cars

Mazda3 subcompact cars
Mazda Motor Corp. (7261.TO) said Friday it may offer to repair an oil hose defect in an additional 190,000 Mazda3 subcompact cars with 1.5-liter engines in Europe and other regions, after the company said Thursday it would recall 90,000 of the vehicles in Japan and China.

Models sold in North America and Australia with 2-and 2.3-liter engines are not affected, a company spokesman said.

The problem in the company's best-selling model comes as Japanese automakers find their reputation for quality under pressure following Toyota Motor's global recall of over 8.5 million vehicles.

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