You may breathe a sigh of relief now, Perodua Axia owners; there’s nothing wrong with your car’s steering lock.
The local carmaker has refuted claims by certain quarters that there was a serious steering lock issue with its popular Axia model.
Perodua’s managing director Datuk Dr Zahari Husin told Bernama via a statement on Thursday that the allegations which were heavily circulated on social media were false.
Dr Zahari has assured Axia owners that Perodua and several government agencies had conducted detailed investigations on the alleged cases and found that the incidents had nothing to do with the steering lock.
“We regret that some quarters are actively attacking our brand. We are working with the authorities to identify those involved and will consider appropriate action.
“We assure customers that all our vehicles have undergone strict safety procedures with tests set both by our own quality control mechanism, as well as government agencies such as Sirim Bhd and the Road Transportation Department,” he was quoted as saying in the statement.
The whole steering lock issue first came about when an Axia owner from Penang related his horrifying experience on his Facebook page back in June.
The driver claimed that he was driving between 70km/h t0 80km/h in the rain on the Second Penang Bridge when his car’s steering wheel suddenly ‘locked’ without warning and could not be turned.
He also claimed that he slammed on the brakes but it did not function and the airbags did not deploy after the car hit a road barrier.
Initial investigations by Perodua revealed that all four tyres on the car were bald, with three of them having just 1 mm of tread depth.
