Aston Martin Recalls 6,076 Vehicles Over Door-Locking Mechanism

It is the season of automotive recalls world over. The year has barely finished 6 months and more and more manufacturers are issuing recalls for faults and problems in their vehicles. The latest manufacturer to join the recall bandwagon is British manufacturer Aston Martin. James Bond's personal favourite carmaker has issued a recall for over 6,000 vehicles in USA to rectify and re-programme the door locking mechanism.

The reason being, Aston Martin cars come with a double locking feature in order to protect the cars from theft. When the car is locked from outside, it cannot be unlocked from inside. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of USA says that this system might result in occupants getting trapped inside the car and hence, has deemed this mechanism unsafe. Therefore, it has ordered Aston Martin to redress the same in the affected cars.

(The Aston Martin DB9 is one of the models which have been recalled in USA)

The models affected by the recall are the 2010-12 DBS; 2011-16 V12 Vantage; 2010-15 DB9; 2010-16 Rapide; 2010-16 V8 Vantage; 2012 Virage; 2014-16 Vanquish and the 2012-13 V12 Zagato. In total, 6,076 vehicles have been recalled. Although, there have been no injuries or fatalities that have been reported in such vehicles so far.

Aston Martin will inform the customers with the affected cars and will simply re-programme the locking mechanism and disable the double-locking feature free of charge. Aston Martin says that some of its vehicles come fitted with an alarm system with interior detection which can detect movement inside the cabin and activate the alarm accordingly. At present the recall is only for Aston Martin vehicles sold in USA.