McLaren recalls some imported 600LT sports cars: coolant leakage may cause spontaneous combustion

CTOnews.com October 11 news, a few days ago, McLaren Automobile Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in accordance with the "defective automobile product recall management regulations" and "defective automobile product recall management measures" requirements, to the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration filed a recall plan.

▲ According to the plan, McLaren decided to recall 83 600LT vehicles produced between January 7,2019 and October 22,2019 from September 28,2023.

Reason for recall: For vehicles within the scope of this recall, there is a risk of leakage of coolant due to insufficient sealing at the joint of engine radiator hose and temperature sensor. When the joint between coolant hose and temperature sensor housing is close to engine parts with high temperature, leakage of coolant may cause spontaneous combustion of vehicles, resulting in potential safety hazard.

McLaren Automobile Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. said it would replace new radiator hoses, temperature sensor housings and constant pressure clamps free of charge for vehicles within the recall range to eliminate safety hazards. The company will notify the relevant users in the form of registered letters.

CTOnews.com inquires that the price of McLaren 600LT sports car is 292.30-319.50 million yuan. The 2019 3.8T Spider version is equipped with 3.8T V8 double turbocharged engine. The maximum engine power is 441kW, the maximum horsepower is 600PS, the maximum torque is 620N·m, and the zero-hundred acceleration only takes 2.9s.