After months of persistent efforts in rights defense, car owners have finally secured a positive resolution.
On September 12, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced that XPeng Motors had filed a recall for over 47,000 XPeng P7+ vehicles.
The announcement stated that, starting from September 15, 2025, the recall covers some XPeng P7+ vehicles produced between August 20, 2024, and April 27, 2025, totaling 47,490 units.
Within the scope of this recall, some vehicles may experience poor contact in the steering assist motor sensor wiring harness, which could lead to fluctuations in the steering gear sensor signal, illumination of the steering fault warning light, and failure of the power steering assist, posing a safety hazard.
Regarding the recalled P7+ vehicles, XPeng Motors will replace them free of charge with an improved steering gear assembly to eliminate the safety risk.
In fact, even before the official recall announcement was made, a large number of “complaint posts” had already appeared online.
Since July 2025, many XPeng P7+ owners have complained about serious safety hazards in the vehicle’s steering system. Owners reported that during driving, the vehicle would suddenly lose power steering or experience steering failure, with the dashboard displaying an “electric power steering system abnormal” alert.
Some owners even claimed that steering failure occurred while driving on highways. One Shanghai owner recalled that while driving on an elevated road at 40-50 km/h, the steering wheel suddenly “felt as if it was locked.”
According to owners, the automaker did not proactively recall the vehicles to address the issue but instead secretly applied sealant/blocking treatment to the steering mechanism. One owner stated that during a 5,000-km maintenance service in February,after-sales service personnel “secretly applied sealant without informing me,” and it was not until May that they learned about this practice through a car owners’ group. Many other owners claimed that after-sales service performed the sealant treatment under the guise of chassis inspection and maintenance without prior notification.
Faced with these safety hazards, owners began organizing efforts to defend their rights. By July 2025, the number of people in the XPeng P7+ rights defense group had exceeded 400.
It was only after the “recall announcement” was issued that the months-long efforts of the car owners finally led to a formal solution.
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