Chery Malaysia has issued an official statement following the circulation of a social media post regarding a customer’s Omoda 5 that apparently had its rear axle detach from the vehicle.
UPDATE: Chery Malaysia has issued a precautionary safety recall for 600 units of the Omoda 5. Follow-up statement here.
The owner of the vehicle involved alleges that the rear axle of the Omoda 5 had broken whilst being driven, without hitting any bumps or potholes, nor being involved in any accident.
This is the second case of a customer-unit Omoda 5 that had been publicised in viral social media content, the prior case being an alleged brake issue, for which Chery Malaysia issued an official statement earlier this month.
Statement by Chery Malaysia:
29 April 2024
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Chery Auto Malaysia is committed to providing safe and reliable transportation solutions, and we are dedicated to ensuring that all our vehicles meet the highest safety standards.
We wish to provide an update on the recent matter regarding the axle of an OMODA 5 vehicle. Chery Auto Malaysia has contacted and is in communication with the customer. The vehicle has been brought to our service centre for a thorough inspection and investigation.
As a proactive measure and in line with our safety protocols, Chery Auto Malaysia is currently reaching out to the affected customers. For additional peace of mind, all customers who are concerned can book an appointment at their nearest service centre for a thorough inspection, all inspected vehicles will receive a full report.
In addition, and for added assurance to all Chery and OMODA customers who may have questions, the Chery Malaysia Customer Careline can be contacted at +603- 2771 7070.
Our sincere thanks to our customers and followers for your patience. We are committed to transparency and assure you of our unwavering dedication to quality and satisfaction.
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God bless that lady she wasn’t driving fast or else…..
So guys, still wanna pro-PRC? Chery better hire qualified and experienced welders
And bossku’s legal team. Class action lawsuits coming to chery’s way
Lucky the driver didn’t
travel hway 110km/h &
those follow behind
What a twisted logic you have there. If we criticise Daihatsu for the safety scandal, we automatically labelled as anti-Japan? When we say good things about Omoda or other Chinese brands, we become pro-China? Dont involve countries and their people when discussing about companies screw‐ups.
We hate kumunis. We hate CCP. Nuff said
That’s my good servant. Well done.
Yet u secretly admire CCp by wearing underwear made by komunis
Later JPJ said all normal
Hi sinophobia, what else you do besides spreading hatred???
Waiting for seals, dolphins, good cats & fat cats to blow up to come full circle
Rear axle BREAK (Like)
No working BRAKE (Dislike)
Proton’s ‘R&D’ & QC better avoid this from potentially happening, otherwise no other markets other than ours could save them
We checked, no problem, it’s the driver’s problem
oh dear.. I think Puspakom is only able to check the basic stuff but not structural integrity.
Puspakom, SIRIM, etc. in Bolehland… confidence-inspiring :hehe:
Never in life this would
happen to Toyota/Honda
throughout Malaysia
Never in life this would
happen to Proton/Perodua
throughout Malaysia
My wife just argued with me that no one wants to buy Japanese cars nowadays. Everyone shifted their preferences on China’s brands . Not only much cheaper but also comes loaded with features that Japanese brands are unable to offer.
Now I have the last laugh and continue teasing her of Chery Omada ..
Shud tell ur wife, wat u pay wat u get else no ppl buy lexus RX or NX model ady looo
What say you when Myvi had a similar problem many years ago??
Daihatsu is under investigation for falsifying safety report in Japan???
nice try prc wumao
Crucial suspension parts such as arms and axles should be casted as 1 single piece. Not welded by some 3 year old kid. Chery very blatantly cutting corners. PRC property developers are dead, their car manufacturers are next.
China will say well that is the power of cronies company CKD in Malaysia.
Well can’t wait for what Puspabluff gonna say about this since they are so busy with kissing Chery while the Proton X70 engine burned in their eyes back in Oct23 until today also no news.
Bro, you are partially right. Welding can be used to join 2 pieces of metals together and it can be extremely strong and durable. You can see welding in all sort of industries and applications, from automotive industry to ship buildings to undersea piping carrying natural gas.
However, the type of welding must be correct for the application and must be done correctly.
In this case, I suspect the axle didn’t complete the welding process, the few spots of welding as mentioned by the car owner is probably just the first step of welding to keep the 2 pieces in proper place before it gone through the whole process. In another words, it’s an incomplete axle that ends up on assembly line.
You think too far. I just wanna copy Iran’s kamikaze drones
It is the type of steel material quality used that can be seen breaking or testing into 2 pieces like laminar tearing instead of dented or twisted.
Carbon content for these car parts manufactured from communist China is not up to acceptable value .
Communist China should follow and give Malaysia buyers world standard quality not the TOFU communist China standard please.
Most mandarin educated Malaysian would be Pro Communist China buyers. Irrespective of quality, safety and durability
English or Western educated Malaysian will refuse or reluctant or doubtful or scare to buy any communist China products till the products are proven , safe and durable to use over time at the asking price.
Communist. China products mostly are Communist standard and not world standard compliance.
“Axle issue” ? hahahha. It’s a crisis lah! cina/MY laser focused on latrine issues in India but can’t focus on making proper cars that would last longer than my Tamiya. ccp big bro loves you lmao!
We didn’t achieve enough deaths by spreading Wuhan virus so now we activated Project Torsion Beam
First brake issue and now axle issue? Maybe that lady should’ve bought an X50 or HRV instead of Omoda 5.
Why not Corolla cross? X50 makan minyak, gearbox tersengguk2. HRV steering rack masala pusing kanan dia pigi kiri
Next step, send the car to Puspakom to get a report.
Well, people want cheap cars, there must be some corner-cutting to bring costs down although in this case, it’s dumb to cut corners to critical parts such as brakes or axles.
I’ve been working with PRC suppliers for quite some years… PRC can have very high quality stuffs coming out, just that are Malaysians willing to pay a price premium to get premium and high quality products instead of the proverbial “cheap nice beautiful” requirement to suppliers?
I told those B40s if they’re poor don’t buy imitation or copied products. Work hard safe enough then plunge your hard earned money into ORIGINAL products. Yet, they don’t listen. Keep buying substandard fake imitation products. Never learn
Agreed. You get what you pay for. Don’t be fooled into thinking you’re getting good quality at a low price.
The company I used to work OEM PRC components. My boss showed me how the components were actually superior than the German counterpart which they copied from. Indeed every perceivable parameters were beefed up and they cause less problem compared to the German originals.
And then he gave me a wisdom I’d remember for life. “Never haggle with the Chinese. They’ll reduce to your desired price but don’t take less profit. Instead they reduce the quality proportionally.”
But you are chinese
Need to recall and add more elephant glue.
Don’t forget celo tape and cable ties
People don’t call middle kingdom products a tofu-dreg for no reason.
crappy china car broke down near chansowlin midea, also maker of crap china appliances.
We investigated ourselves and found that we have done nothing wrong
That’s what I said
Didn’t turn into a lemon for sure. Maybe, a cherry tomato.
Chery never learn… Many years ago, when they came to Malaysia, it was quality issues. Now years later, still quality issues! If I’m Chery salesperson, I would be very afraid and jump ship now cause no one would wanna buy Chery soon
I would jump down from my PPR flat bcoz the souls of my poor customers come back to haunt me for product pushing and mis-selling
Chery should just buy back the car and give additional monetary compensation.
What a death trap this is… Ccp ftw!
Iran has kamikaze drones
We have omoda 5s
This is one mistake that will be so damaging to the brand. Good luck to recover from it.
Yes?
China Car Reliability and Safety doubtful
potential buyers who see this news, would 99% cancel I assume. how will chery deal with this ? even lower price, the danger is a put-off
This brand reputation down the drain ady, still got people dare to buy a rm120k car with safety issues? Even existing owners will be regretful and thinking of selling off at low price.
Yes?
Perodua owner
Dont buy Cherry cars, it was designed for profits, not from car enthusiasts (e.g. VW, Audi, BMW,Merc, Honda, Toyota etc).
You wrong. Chery is owned by the CCP gomen. Chery cars were build for kamikaze not profit
True ma’am my nissan van run well in 5 years
As Clarkson said, ‘Made by Corporations who want to make money’..like the Kelisa
She should have buy tiggo 8 with independent rear suspension…
She should asked her bank why approved her hire purchase
Chery independent multi-link rear suspension layout = more broken joints and linkages from tofu dreg sheet metal and spot welds
Engineers from Lowyat School of Automotive said 1 Week
I tot monkey can works faster than that?
Is my eyes broken or it look like spot welding only? Old time we call proton and perodua tin milo, this one may be zip tie connection
This one made from paper cups
is probably a multistage process.
The spot welding is to fix it on the right spot, for the subsequent processes to weld it properly and apply anti rusting etc.
This looks like a batch that didnt go through the whole process and slipped the QC. I am interested to know the part is locally supplied, or is China import.
It’s cheaper to import from China than locally supplied
all the problem starts to emerge. im laughing at those who bash other brands thinking they bought a good car. fancy features + extravagant design doesnt equal to quality.
Even pro-palestine who is pejuang tegar CCP, BYD and PRC is no where to be seen now. He no come out sapot us anymore. SEDIH!
Aiyo, I would rather buy toyota over cherry fruit ah
Puspakom trick dah guna. What’s next?
Does these car brands IATF or at least ISO certified?
Had plan to consider jaecoo but still want to hold on .
For your life, we urge you to consider other brands. Don’t risk your life
Seems like the welding crack, rusted and broke.
The welding barely penetrated the bushing boss.
Maybe welding crack, then rust started in the cracks and then the part broke.
Looks like the designer and production didn’t consider the welding process correctly.
Even Proton designed axle fabricated by local vendor also doesn’t have this problem….I think.
Btw, usually only high end cars use casting arms because it’s expensive, and single piece subframes/axles is even more expensive .. gigacasting is very costly.
Good things don’t come cheap
Cheap things don’t come good
M3 SR – RM181k, LR – RM210k & Performance – RM242k
Prices commensurate with quality, performance & most importantly peace of mind
Drive my cars knowing you’ll arrive at your destination safe
Not like some fruit brand you drive you scared you end up in an ambulance or worst in a hearse
Makes you wonder how long can it withstand the rigors of use, and our road conditions in the years ahead? As long as dont come out after inspection say ‘this is driver/road condition fault, not our car’
Did they weld on the painted steel?
Come on lah… 2 reported incidents only mah. Proton lagi byk…ok
Ye proton byk tpi kena dgn hrga ni hrga ratus ribu safety like kangkong
Hellooo, proton is national price we can turn a blind eye. Chery is CCP pride we must kondem & boikot
You still dare to drive these defective vehicles after the torsion beams are rewelded or ask for a full refund + interest paid on your hire purchase?
First, brake issues. Many die hard fans commented that that lady does not know how to apply the brake. Second, axle issue, what else can the die hard fans say?
‘Ini takdir…’ – Kipas susah mati
Oh, only small batch of cars are affected. I am sure all #Omoda5 owners feel ease now.
I believe the owners can see their lives flashing before their eyes whenever they get into their vehicles
JPJ should issue a stop operation order to all omakan modal 5 owners and ban these vehicles from the road until buah ceri fixed each and every unit. Unless JPJ wanna see omakan modal 5s flipping over and turning turtle on our highways and roads
Early demise to buah ceri? President Xi not gonna be happy about this
Xi is more related to Geely ( Proton owner ), his wife is the sister of Geely boss wife.
Never learned your lesson. Told you many times don’t buy china cars don’t wanna listen. Sekarang siapa susah? Market value dah turun. Insurance cover tak cukup. Eksiden ke total loss ke korang nak topup bank? Nanti banyak yg bankrap muflis meroyan la korang nanti
Kalo aku bulih buat kepci tutup lebih 100 kedai kat mesia, buah ceri ni senang je aku nak suruh orang boikot
Hari tu aku meroyan brake tak makan korang hentam aku. Korang tengok la. Buah ceri nak ambik nyawa orang ni
Do we have national transport safety board to look into these two complaints? Is it under transport ministry purview?
In my opinion a relevant body must move in now and not let the vendor investigate in isolation. If there’s real case, then should issue stop work order to address under quality work. Unfit vehicle should not be on the road. Equally important is car assembled locally that hv shown poor quality that affect roadworthiness of vehicles
Yes? You asking me? Kita akan pantau dari jauh dulu. PRK KKB lagi penting. Aku nak kempen untuk amoi dulu
No worries because according to our investment man he mention that APs will come and save the day by having APs we will be guaranteed to have guaranteed safety in EV cars.
Shhhhhhh…we cannot afford to offend superpower maaa…east or west, we just distract the rakyat with BS instead of actually looking after them. SOP since 1981
Apa lagi tunggu tunggu BoyCot saja la. I selling good Japanese half cut at Kepong look for me I give special price
Actually this axle issue not only happened on chery, BYD and other cina brand also having similar problems.Cina quality….. it is normal…..
how come no one point to the local car assembler of the omoda 5? there has no responsibility? where’s the QC?
Isnt that model Made in MALAYSIA?
Inokom Kedah a Great company of SimeDarby
the car is cheap for a reason lah you think a big company that earn billion per year in revenue will be so kind give you that give you this at a fraction of the cost compare to other you get what you pay nothing more. i rather be an idiot buy ‘overpriced’ and ‘outdated’ toyota/honda.
Goes I would choose toyota over cherry fruit
At the bolehland, with this type of defect which is extreme danger… only recall small batch and volunteer inspection? Wow… make me think 10x to buy
We need a pause. MoT must prioritise safety of Malaysians. The victim could be you, your family, your friend. It is a product that is highly dangerous without safety and quality built.
It takes years of pain and experience to design, and build a safer car, and by no means it is 100% assured if along the fabicating and assembly processes, something wrong could happen. Even with refutable brands, we do hear recalls on and off.
When many Chinese EVs startup rushed making BEVs, I am worried about the safety of their cars.
Not enough ‘heat’ in welding process. Can clearly see the weld is only on the surface and did not ‘penetrate’.
Wonder which area suffer from similar issue.
If u ask me, this is a critical flaw which should ‘grounded’ all similar models which undergo that flawed process. Having the axle snap off at any speed is a disaster.
Had my mind set to buy the EV…but it’s a big no now, not taking risk killing myself and people around me along the way.
If this issue caused an accident..you think Chery will take responsibility for it?..
QC mana? QC Mana! Beautiful design but problem with assembly. Is Cherry going to recall every car to check the rear axle for incomplete welding? How about all the other welding of the car? Remove everything for inspection?
Later chery gonna sue the customer
Very soon all Omoda owners will be screaming OMODA…!!! OH MOTHER…!!! :slaps forehead:
Later everyone can enjoy cheap omoda 5 and the 2nd hand omoda 5 will be dirt cheap too. We’ll done chery. U shud work more and take quality seriously especially automobile. Else dun enter Malaysia market.
can check on youtube all the videos that people manage to send out of China since western social media is not allowed there. see how much problem with Chinese brands, BYD, XIOMI SU7, GWM, etc.. customers are angry and not happy with them they. you notice all Chinese cars interior is almost same as they copy each other. respected brands like XPENG, NIO joining forces with VW and Mercedes to protect themselves. its really unfortunate that cheap substandard Chinese cars are flooding to ASEAN and people buy them because they are cheap and not because they are good cars. In China itself almost all middle class and up go for overseas proper brands.
CKD done at sime darby inokom plant at kulim. please investigate sime darby for sabotage.
I think this like sabotage thingy because Im as a chery user, It is been 8 years Im using chery sedan model but so far dont have any problem.