Mazda recalls nearly 12 MX-30 units in Europe

The Japanese manufacturer has just joined the long list of brands that have been forced to recall a new electrified model, shortly after its launch on the market. To name a few similar cases that have occurred recently, Polestar had to send its car directly to the workshop 2200 units recently delivered of its first fully electric vehicle, and something similar happened to Ford with the Kuga plug-in hybrid the last summer.

In the case at hand, Mazda to recall 11.774 MX-30 units, its first fully electric vehicle recently arrived on the market, about which it has already We tell you our impressions after an initial contact.

Mazda engineers have found two major faults that require all delivered units to make a visit to the workshop.

If you have an MX-30 keep reading

The first of them affects the brake lights, as these can sometimes come on when reversing without the driver having pressed the brake pedal. A problem that can affect safety, even if the speeds reached when reversing are not very high.

The second problem encountered, refers to the hill assist systemThe Japanese manufacturer explains the fault found by its engineers as follows:

«If the vehicle is driving down a slippery surface, such as ice, when you move onto a surface with more grip and press the brake pedal, the vehicle may start to move when the pedal is released instead of maintaining its position. The MX-30's hill assist system may mistakenly interpret the vehicle as being stopped on a slope and, as a result, cause the engine to push the vehicle forward.«.

As you can see, It is not a serious problem, but it can cause a minor collision with the vehicle in front if the driver assumes that the vehicle will maintain its position when releasing the brake pedal, as it should.

Installing a simple software update will force you to go to the workshop

Fortunately for all current MX-30 owners, Solving these two problems found is very simple. It only requires applying a software update to the vehicle.

However, something that could be fixed in a few minutes in the garage at home by downloading the update remotely, requires in this case a visit to the workshop since the MX-30 does not support software updates over-the-air.

Yet another example of how important it is for car manufacturers to support these types of remote updates today.