Royal Enfield to recall 236,966 motorcycles due to defective ignition coil

Recall includes Classic, Bullet and Meteor models; defect can cause misfiring and reduce vehicle performance and in rare cases, can also cause electric short circuit

Royal Enfield, the motorcycling making arm of Eicher Motors will be recalling 236,966 bikes owing to a defective ignition coil that can cause misfiring and reduce vehicle performance and in rare cases, cause an electric short circuit, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.  This is the biggest recall announced by the company since automakers started reporting recalls voluntarily in 2012.

The recall includes Classic, Bullet and Meteor models. Of these, the company will call in Meteor motorcycles manufactured and sold between December 2020 and April 2021, and the Classic and Bullet manufactured and sold between January and April