BYD is recalling thousands of Shark utes in Australia after it identifies a fault that could affect the spare wheel attachment. The issue involves a spare wheel cable or lifter assembly that may fail, potentially allowing the spare wheel to detach while the vehicle is in use.
Reporting from different outlets says the recall covers a large number of vehicles, with Daily Mail citing more than 32,000 units. Stuff.co.nz reports that the risk concerns the spare wheel lifter assembly and refers to a BYD recall notice for the Shark 6 model, describing the spare wheel lifter as the part potentially at risk.
While both accounts focus on the same overall safety concern—failure of components that keep the spare wheel secured—they differ in the scale of the figure reported and the level of model specificity. Neither source attributes the problem to crashes or injuries, and the coverage centers on the potential for the spare wheel to fall off and the recall notice issued by BYD.
