Report: Chinese car quality complaints on the rise
 

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Just when we thought <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/beijing-motor-show/">China's automotive industry</a> had made some headway in the quality department, we get word that complaints about new car quality in the country have risen significantly over the past few months. During the first quarter of this year, complains on vehicles purchased within the last six months climbed 15 percent over last year's figures. Those numbers come courtesy of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/26/beijing-2010-90-of-buicks-in-china-bought-for-cold-hard-cash/">China</a> Association for Quality.<br />
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Even more surprising, the increase marks a nine-percent jump over the number of complaints filed during the fourth quarter of 2009. By and large, the defects concerned engine issues as well as small parts. A total of 94.6 percent of the complaints were lodged against cars costing less than $44,000.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1014872/Complaints-over-new-car-quality-rise-in-Q1.html">Gasgoo</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/29/report-chinese-car-quality-complaints-on-the-rise/">Report: Chinese car quality complaints on the rise</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:59:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/29/report-chinese-car-quality-complaints-on-the-rise/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19458799/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/29/report-chinese-car-quality-complaints-on-the-rise/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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