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Industry Airbag Warnings Not Being Heard THE VEHICLE DEALER’S NEWS SOURCE VOLUME 6 ISSUE 1 AUGUST 2019 Mass recall for Industry airbag SkyActiv engine azda’s haloed SkyActiv engine has been issued warnings not being Ma recall by the Australian Competition and Consumer Com- mission, and affects nearly 19,000 heard vehicles. A software fault has been discovered which Mazda Australia otorists, vehicle owners and Australia’s franchised dealer network. says could cause major power loss, custodians of vehicles contain- ACCC quarterly figures show drivers and inability to restart the engine, Ming Takata airbags are still not in rural and regional communities, and potentially posing a danger if the hearing the warnings from the automo- those from culturally and linguistically vehicle suddenly stops in traffic. tive industry to have them removed. diverse backgrounds are at grave risk, According to the recall notice The Australian Competition and with around half a million Takata airbags published on the Product Safety Consumer Commission says even with still to be replaced. website, the powertrain control 80% of recalled Takata airbags removed In NSW, 1507 ‘alpha’ airbags - the module, responsible for control- from circulation since July 2017 by most at-risk inflator type remain, Victoria ling cylinder deactivation “may not dealers, remote communities are still in has yet to replace 1130 while humid operate correctly”. the dark about the dangers one airbag Queensland’s 793 ‘alpha’ Takata inflators If the fault arises, it “may cause unit poses. remain at high risk, just as WA has 183, an Intake Valve Rocker Arm to Since the mandatory recall began SA has 98 and the Northern Territory still move out of position and make in March 2018, nearly 77,000 vehicles has 38 high-risk climate-affected airbags contact with other internal engine have had their Takata inflator modules waiting to be replaced or unexpectedly parts,” the recall states. replaced every month, the equivalent of mis-deployed. Drivers would expect to see 4175 airbags per day being removed by Continued on page 10 the engine malfunction indicator light appear on the dashboard and INSIDE subsequently “the engine may lose Finding revenue in auto waste P4 power and may stall without the Talking tough times in Ballarat P6 ability to restart, increasing the risk Australia’s great fuel furphy P12 of an accident”. 4 12 The Skyactiv-G 2.5L petrol Old-school engine work in modern era P14 Continued on page 10 Learn EasyCars integration with more Facebook Marketplace FOUNDATION SPONSORS AutoTalk acknowledges the support of our foundation sponsors: Automotive software solutions Driving your business All the Auto Industry HOT NEWS every day as it happens on www.autotalk.com.au Subscribe online for FREE twice weekly updates direct to your email. www.autotalk.com.au 2 | AUTOTALK.COM.AU | AUGUST 2019 NEWSTALK Broker buyers beware ew South Wales Fair Trading never heard of Cars & Co or Kalimi. will take your deposit and not deliver has suspended and is inves- One three occasions, the woman your car,” she said. Ntigating Cars & Co Pty Ltd’s was told the car was coming from “Our experience was so stressful and licence for allegedly stealing deposits Sydney, but it never showed up. very unpleasant and even though for and full payments from their clients. Cars & Co signed a contract with whatever reason they could not deliver The trader business, which Auto- Volvo Cars Perth for a Volvo XC40 our vehicle, they still have not returned Talk published editorial on in Septem- worth $66,500. The woman was told our deposit,” she explains. ber 2018, sources new and demon- Kalimi would pay the difference to “Every day there was a new ex- strator vehicles from new car dealers make up for the lost time, but he never cuse until eventually phone calls and for both fleet and private buyers, plus did, and the car was sold to another messages are not returned,” she adds, the buy/sell of used cars, including customer. describing “several others in the same through consignment. She tried asking for her money back boat”. About $1.5 million has been stolen and got in touch with a lawyer to try Ringwood Hocking Stuart real estate according to WAtoday, from around 20 and retrieve it. agent Lee Fenech bought an AMG consumers in both Western Australia She is eligible for compensation of Mercedes through Cars & Co in mid- and New South Wales. up to $40,000 with the NSW Civil and 2017 but did not describe the same Fair Trading has confirmed Cars & Administrative Tribunal. experience. Co “may owe more than $600,000 to NSW Fair Trading commissioner “He [Kalimi] was absolutely fantas- consumers”. Rose Webb issued a public warn- tic. He sent me photos promptly and A woman, who wished to remain ing about Cars & Co, suspending the described the car in detail … organised anonymous, lost dealer’s licence and delivery to Melbourne and organised $58,250 to Cars & Co advising people not a great [deal] on my trade-in,” Fenech after being scammed. to deal with the says. Having done her company. “When the car arrived it was better research, but find- “Fair Trading has than described and he even followed ing no prior warnings received a total of 28 up with a courtesy call to see how I about Cars & Co, she complaints and 14 was enjoying it,” he added. engaged the purchase NSW Fair Trading enquiries about the Pakenham, Victorian customer and transferred the Shervin Kalimi, Commissioner trader between No- Craig Thom has made repeated posts $58,250 to Cars & Cars & Co Rose Webb. vember 26, 2016 and of the NSW Fair Trading Public Warning Co after dealing with June 7, 2019, with against dealing with Cars & Co. national sales associate Shervin Kalimi. 16 complaints under current investiga- The Cars & Co Facebook page last Kalimi told her the money was tion,” Webb says. posted on June 24 but remains active, needed to process the car and pay- On the Cars & Co Facebook page however, despite office hours being ment with a Perth dealer, but the a series of reviews corroborate similar 9am-6pm, the 1300 number dialled dealer was unaware of such a deal or encounters with the business. by AutoTalk during business hours was contract. One client, Nicole Williams, said in unanswered and directed to a messag- The woman realised something June 2018: “Potential buyers beware!” ing service. dodgy was going on when she rang “Cars and Co will source your car The Cars & Co website has been Volvo Cars Perth, who said they had and get you an amazing deal, then they deactivated. AUTOTALK.COM.AU | AUGUST 2019 | 3 NEWSTALK AutoTalk Magazine and autotalk.com.au are published by Auto Media Group PO BOX 286 Batman VIC 3058 Phone: 1800 125 620 ABN: 37 51360 734 EDITOR Waging war on auto Scott (Muzza) Murray [email protected] +61 426 365 774 waste ONLINE EDITOR Geoff Dobson new data-based organisation supplied local parts manufacturers to [email protected] +64 21 881 823 called ASPIRE aims to take the the factory production line at Holden, A costly process of waste disposal Ford and Toyota plants. and turn it into a revenue stream, with The business recycles more than BUSINESS MANAGER an emphasis on the automotive industry. 3000 tonnes of thermoplastic – a non- Dale Stevenson The Advisory System for Processing, biodegradable plastic – every year, and [email protected] Innovation & Resource Exchange, born can turn old oil containers, bumpers and +64 21 446 214 out of the CSIRO’s Data61 specialist interior plastics into its signature Core- RECRUITMENT / data arm, is now a standalone digital Flute sheeting, a warehouse storage PRODUCTION SPECIALIST marketplace designed to create a cir- option common for transitioning away Fran Da Silva cular economy for Australia’s growing from cardboard. [email protected] waste problem. McKenzie is in discussions with a +64 21 933 279 Director Cameron Mc- major council in Melbourne’s west to Kenzie tells AutoTalk the conduct a waste audit of the dealership automotive industry has a businesses in its municipality, which he GROUP GENERAL MANAGER significant role to play in says could break open the true extent of Deborah Baxter being socially responsible the automotive waste problem. But he [email protected] for its contribution to the wants to put dealers on the right side of +64 27 530 5016 waste crisis and actively the fence. working to turn back the Cameron Mc- “Dealers who want to be leaders in Kenzie, ASPIRE MANAGING EDITOR trash-tide. the waste industry and set an exam- Richard Edwards McKenzie says new car retailers ple for others can be part of a circu- [email protected] and the thousands of servicing and lar economy that is not only socially +64 21 556 655 repair workshops across the country responsible but equitable,” he says. all contribute directly and indirectly to “This programme could be massive PUBLISHER the problem and should not be making for the automotive sector; it’s about giv- Vern Whitehead excuses when it comes to pitching in. ing dealers and the wider auto industry [email protected] “Saying that it’s easier to send it to like body repairers and independent +64 21 831 153 landfill is a cop-out,” he says. workshops the tools to effectively re- Auto Media Group Limited makes “Dealers are currently paying to get duce their waste and recover resources,” every endeavour to ensure rid of these resources when it could be he explains. information contained in this publication is accurate, however turned into a profitable revenue stream ASPIRE says increased population we are not liable for any losses with someone else around the corner,” and affluence encourage waste produc- or issues resulting from its use.
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