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New Swift and Baleno units manufactured between Dec. 1, 2017 and March 16, 2018 will be covered in this campaign, Maruti said in communication to customers on its website.
A total of 44,982 units of new Swift, which was launched in February this year, and 7,704 units of Baleno are covered under the service campaign. Brake vacuum hose is a rubber pipe that creates and releases vacuum while applying brake, but it has no impact on braking and braking distance.
When contacted, a company official said the exercise did not amount to a recall as the issue did not relate to safety. Service campaigns are undertaken globally by automobile companies to rectify faults that may potentially cause inconvenience to customers, the company said.
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Automobile manufacturers in India follow a voluntary recall policy adopted by industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers in July 2012 under which if a company is of the opinion that there is a manufacturing defect that compromises safety of vehicles, it will voluntarily rectify the problem free of cost to the customer.