No Fuso trucks to be recalled here

Tony Hotland, Jakarta

Japanese truck maker Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. has no plans to recall any of its products sold in Indonesia as none of them is of the type being recalled globally.

"The trucks we're selling are of different types than the ones being recalled by Mitsubishi. So we don't have any plans to recall any of our trucks," a senior official of PT Kramayudha Tiga Berlian Motors, the exclusive dealer for Mitsubishi brands here, told The Jakarta Post recently.

The official, who asked to remain anonymous, said the recalled models are FP418, FV415, FV413, and NW213 (Heavy Duty trucks), while the models sold in Indonesia are FE304, FE334, FE347, FE349, FE447, FM 517 and FN 527.

Mitsubishi recently recalled almost 200,000 trucks in Japan after the company identified faulty parts that have caused 21 accidents in Japan.

The company, which is 65 percent owned by automaker DaimlerChrysler AG, is currently checking on how many of the recalled models have been exported. A majority of the vehicles recalled are freight trucks with a flawed part that covers the clutch.

According to the Kramayudha official, none of the Mitsubishi Fuso trucks sold in Indonesia have been imported in the completely built-up (CPO) form. Instead, they were all assembled in Indonesia using imported and locally produced components.

The locally produced components include brakes, drive shafts, wheels and differential gears, while imported components include steel, engine blocks and transmission cases.

Kramayudha stated that Mitsubishi Fuso has a 60 percent market share in Indonesia's truck sector, with over 36,000 trucks sold in 2003.