Mahindra offers to upgrade XUV500

The upgrade is limited to the side curtain airbag software

Utility vehicle market leader Mahindra & Mahindra, today announced it can upgrade the side curtain airbag software on all the XUV500 vehicles manufactured on or before July 2014.

The upgrade will be carried out free of cost for customers who will be individually contacted by the company. This upgrade will be limited only to a software change and no parts will be replaced.

"The company is proactively upgrading the airbag software. Incidentally, this is also in keeping with SIAM’s voluntary code on vehicle recall. Customers can also visit the ‘Service Action’ section of the website and check whether their vehicle is part of the service action," the company stated in a release.

XUV500 is the most premium sport utility vehicle sold by the Mumbai-based company under the Mahindra badge. The model costing above Rs 10 lakh sells an average of around 3,000 units a month.