Uber reportedly continued to lease more than 1,000 vehicles that had been cited for a recall over a fire risk and after one such vehicle caught fire earlier this year on Singapore roads. Rental agreements signed with Uber drivers stated that vehicles they rented were in "perfect running condition", the report said. Uber, though, had gone ahead to purchase the Vezel units even after Honda in April 2016 released a recall advisory for the model, noting that a faulty electrical part could spark a fire. On its part, Sunrita sent out an alert to Uber regarding the recall and said it would replace affected parts by the end of August last year. Furthermore, Uber claimed that all affected Vezel units in its fleet since then had been rectified, but Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) revealed that this figure actually stood at just 9 percent.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 05, 2017 08:03 UTC