AvtoVAZ revealed a serious defect on 1.6 engines – Motor

About a possible problem with 16-valve 1.6 engines on Lada cars to the portal Lada Online said one of the stores of spare parts. The auto giant is said to have ordered its dealers and contractors to return defective cylinder heads to the factory. On cars with low-quality cylinder heads, the camshaft can knock.

VAZ-21126 and VAZ-21129 engines are currently installed on Lada Granta, Vesta, XRay and Largus. AvtoVAZ did not officially announce the problem and the start of the recall campaign, so it is not yet possible to estimate the number of car owners who could suffer from defective cylinder heads. On social networks, they write that the defective parts were installed on a batch of cars produced at the end of 2020.

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