Mazda6 `Recall` Lantaran Laba-laba Suka Bau Bensin
Mazda6 Recalls 42,000 Cars Due to Gasoline Loving Spiders
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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MAZDA Motor Corp mengumumkan recall untuk sedan Mazda6 sedan di Amerika Serikat dan Kanada karena laba-laba yang menyukai bau bensin dan membentuk jaring sehingga menghalangi ventilasi mesin.
Mazda melaporkan kepada badan keselamatan jalan dan lalu lintas Amerika Serikat (NHTSA) bahwa mereka melakukan recall (penarikan untuk perbaikan) terhadap 42 ribu Mazda6 bermesin 2,5 liter model tahun 2010-2012 di Amerika Serikat.
Mazda belum memberikan pengumuman perihal penarikan di luar AS dan Kanada, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Tiga tahun lalu Mazda melakukan recall terhadap sekitar 65.000 sedan Mazda6 di Amerika Utara model tahun 2009 dan 2010, juga karena jaring laba-laba yang ketika itu memblokir saluran tabung ventilasi penguapan.
Jaring laba-laba dapat menganggu aliran bahan bakar dan akibatnya tekanan di tangki BBM berkurang saat sistem kendali emisi menghilangkan uap dari tabung penguapan.
Hal ini dapat membuat tangki stres sehingga dapat mengakibatkan retak dan bocor, kata Mazda dalam laporan ke NHTSA.
Tahun 2011, dilaporkan bahwa laba-laba yellow sac adalah penyebab recall tersebut.
Masalah penyumbatan oleh laba-laba ini tidak terjadi pada model lain yang dibuat oleh Mazda dan hanya terjadi pada mobil yang dibuat di pabrik di Flat Rock, Michigan.
MAZDA Motor Corporation has issued a recall notice for the Mazda 6 sedan for the second time in three years. It seems that a species of spider named “Yellow Sac” enjoys the smell of gasoline in Mazda cars and weaves its web in a very inconvenient place, blocking a vent to the engine.
Mazda told U.S. regulators that it was recalling 42,000 sedans with 2.5-liter engines from 2010 to 2012 because spiders that are attracted to the smell of gasoline weave webs that block an engine vent, Reuters reports.
In a classic example of history repeating itself, the previous recall was also for the same model. On that occasion, 65,000 vehicles from model years 2009 and 2010 had to be inspected for spider’s webs blocking evaporative canister vent lines.
Mazda informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that this recall was for a similar reason to the first one.
The problem that the web causes is that it restricts the flow of fuel, which can then lead to reduced pressure in the fuel tank when the emission control system purges vapors from the evaporative canister.
This in turn puts stress on the fuel tank, which may crack and leak fuel, increasing the possibility of a fire.
It should be clarified that this blockage problem does not occur in other models made by Mazda, and relates only in cars made at a plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, where Mazda once produced cars jointly with Ford Motor Co.
