Hyundai Auto Canada Guilty of Safety Violation, Transport Canada Says
Transport Canada said on Tuesday Hyundai Auto Canada Corp pleaded guilty to six different counts of criminal charges for violating the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.
“It is alarming that Hyundai failed to notify vehicle owners of a recall in a timely manner on six different occasions,” Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said.
The defects that affected nearly 300,000 vehicles were a part of the recalls issued by Hyundai in 2020 and 2021. Some of these recalls were safety risks related to possible vehicle fires, reduced braking performance and sudden loss of engine power.
“Hyundai Canada recognized that during the COVID pandemic, it was not meeting the precise timing requirements identified in the applicable regulations in a limited number of instances. However, we immediately corrected the issue and accepted responsibility,” the company said.
(Reporting by Priyamvada C in Bengaluru; editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri and Shounak Dasgupta)