Gurugram: After causing a production loss of 46,000 units in the previous quarter, semiconductor shortage in Maruti Suzuki India might further increase the order backlogs of its certain models, said a company official. The company expects the problem to persist in the next few quarters. The company’s pending bookings could stretch to 3.69 lakh units.
Out of the total models of the company that have stretched bookings, Ertiga leads the pack with close to 94,000 bookings, reports PTI. Company’s other models that have kept waiting customers for too long are Grand Vitara and Brezza. They have an order backlog of around 37,000 and 61,500 units, respectively. Moreover, the company has received around 22,000 and 12,000 bookings, for Jimny and Fronx.
The company has been facing the issue since the past quarter and suffered due to it in the October-December quarter. MSI witnessed a loss of close to 46,000 units in the last quarter, the persistent problem is expected to impact the company’s production in the ongoing quarter as well. The semiconductor shortage is expected to persist for a few more quarters.
“The semiconductor shortage still continues. Last quarter we lost 46,000 units due to this issue and this quarter also the problem continues for a few models,” said Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer (Marketing and Sales) Shashank Srivastava.
