China Bans Import of Mitsubishi's Pajero

The State Exit-Entry Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has announced to revoke the import safety permit for Pajero cross-country cars of Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation and stop importing such cars from Japan as from February 9 due to the serious safety problem of Pajero V31 and V33 cross-country cars.

Several accidents out of safety problems of these two types of cars have happened in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province since last September due to the sudden failure of braking.

The announcement is as follows:

  • 1. The imported commodity safety permit for Pajero V31 and V33 cross-country cars of the Mitsubishi Corporation is revoked with the importation of these cars prohibited as from the day of announcement.


  • 2. All the Pajero V31 and V33 cross-country cars of the Mitsubishi should go for an examination and repair at the service station of Mitsubishi as soon as possible otherwise they would be suspended from use.


    • The Mitsubishi Corporation has provided addresses of 44 free service stations for these two types of cars.

    It's also reported the Company has so far announced to call back all the sold Pajero V31 and V33 cross-country cars in China.



    By PD Online staff member Deng Gang


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