BYD Admits Wheel Assembly Error On Its Flagship Electric SUV
Some Great Tang SUVs had their wheels installed the wrong way.
BYD has apologized for an assembly mistake affecting some units of its newly released Great Tang — or Datang, as it's called in China — electric SUV. According to Bloomberg, several owners complained that the wider wheel rims that were supposed to be installed on the rear of the vehicle were installed on the front. Meanwhile, the narrower wheel rims for the front of the car were installed on the back instead.
The Chinese electric automaker has posted its apology on social network Weibo, explaining that it launched an investigation after getting complaints from owners. Apparently, it traced the problemto its Hubei-based wheel mesh assembly supplier. BYD said it has already fixed the issue, and the supplier has also added a visual inspection mechanism on the production line, so that future vehicles will no longer be...
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