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Car recalls: Your view

Are they a mark of responsible manufacturers or a drop in quality standards?

Honda CR-V recall

The last 12 months has seen a number of high profile car recalls in the UK from a variety manufacturers.

Most recently is the decision by Toyota to recall 138,000 cars in the UK, 7.4 million worldwide, due to a fault electric window switch.

This comes just days after Honda announced it would be recalling 77,000 CR-V models in the UK due to a very similar problem.

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Earlier this year Nissan also got in on the act with 51,000 Qashqais recalled worldwide for a steering wheel problem, while an issue with a circuit board resulted in 235,000 MINIs having to be recalled.

So, are these the actions of responsible manufacturers or have the standards of quality dropped? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below…

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