Omoda 5 precautionary axle recall: Australian owners urged to check with authorised dealers

Certain Chery Omoda 5 SUVs in Australia are being recalled as a precaution over a rear-axle weld that could crack or tear, according to a Chery Motor Australia statement reported by published reporting and carried by the published report. The company says the potential defect could weaken the axle and increase the risk of an accident in extreme circumstances; it says no cases of this issue have been reported in Australia.

Component dates are not an individual vehicle diagnosis

The statement identifies rear-axle components made for the Australian market between January 11 and December 31, 2023, inclusive, from a particular supplier and production range. Those dates describe the component range cited by Chery. Owners should not treat a car's registration date, model name or a photograph as a substitute for a dealer's check of the relevant assembly and serial number.

Chery says it is contacting affected owners and advising an inspection at an authorised dealer. Where the assembly is from the identified supplier and its serial number falls in the affected range, replacement will be free of charge. An assembly outside that range will not need replacement under the announced process. Inclusion in the campaign does not mean a defect has already been found in every listed vehicle.

Australian numbers and the final notice still need checking

published reporting reports that the Australian vehicle count had not been disclosed and the specific recall had not yet appeared on the federal Vehicle Recalls website when its report was published. This newsroom checked the regulator's public home page, but that is not a complete search of every recall record and does not establish that no notice exists. Owners seeking confirmation should use Chery's official channels or an authorised dealer, and check the Australian Government's Vehicle Recalls service for current notices. This report does not supply an unverified campaign number, VIN list or driving-clearance instruction.

Overseas recall totals are not Australian totals. The reported Chinese campaign covers two model ranges and a different production period, so its 53,882 vehicles must not be presented as the number affected in Australia. Nor does a shared suspension design by itself establish an Australian Tiggo 4 recall. Published reporting distinguishes earlier 1.5-litre Omoda 5 variants using torsion-beam suspension from GT variants, the later C5 range and the electric E5 using multi-link suspension; those descriptions are context, not a VIN-level eligibility determination.

The photograph is a general workshop tyre-maintenance illustration. It does not show an Omoda 5, the disputed weld, a recalled vehicle or a remedy for the axle problem. The pictured tyre work is not an instruction for owners to repair the axle themselves.