Re: Maruti to rectify wheel size marking on 19,731 Eeco vans Quote:
Originally Posted by arjab which begs us to ask the question: How did it pass Quality control at both vendor end and OEM end? What happened? And what's with the mandarins at Maruti's incoming part quality inspection department? |
Yeah, it's quite surprising that so many wheels got assembled without a flag being raised. Quote:
It's just luck that this has happened here in India where we have next to no laws to hold OEM's accountable. Had this happened anywhere in US for example and a customer fitted a wrong tyre based on the erroneous rim specs and the vehicle got involved in an accident or some wheel/suspension related component failure, Maruti's goose would have been cooked.
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Seems like the specs on brochure and owner's manual would have been correct. Markings on the wheels were messed up. It's important to find out what spec was wrong. Diameter or width ? If dia was marked incorrectly, it's impossible to fit wrong size tire. So, no safety issues here.
Only concern might arise if the width is marked grossly wrong. However, tires can be fitted on +/- 1/2" width without issues. Infact, such flexibility is given in two global standards JATMA and ETRTO. If a customer or mechanic tries to fit tire needing wheel width beyond this range (just by going with marking on wheels), it's caught easily unless fitment is done blindfolded.
Last edited by AutoNoob : 7th April 2022 at 23:05.
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