Country's largest passenger car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki on Friday said that it will proactively and voluntarily recall 75,419 Baleno cars (petrol and diesel), manufactured between August 3, 2015 and May 17 this year to upgrade the airbag controller software.
Of these, 15,995 Baleno cars (only diesel), manufactured between August 3, 2015 and March 22, 2016, will also be attended to for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter.
"The Baleno cars covered in the recall include 17,231 units of exports," the company said in a statement.
In addition, 1,961 DZire Diesel cars (only AGS variant) will be attended to for inspection and replacement of a faulty fuel filter, it said.
Starting 31 May, owners of the vehicles covered will be contacted by Maruti Suzuki dealers, it said adding that the software upgrade and the replacement of faulty fuel filter, will be done free of cost.