The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is recalling about one lakh units of

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its flagship export model 'A-Star' to replace a faulty fuel pump part.

According to sources, the company is replacing a faulty rubber gasket in about one lakh cars -- manufactured before August 2009 and sold in domestic as well as overseas markets, to prevent any possible fuel leakage.

The problem was discovered in an internal survey by the company and no complaint has been received so far, they added.

When contacted, a company spokesperson said: "At Maruti Suzuki, we constantly monitor quality of our products through feedback and internal analysis. In one such exercise in November, 2009, we came across an anomaly reported in the fuel tank in some of the vehicles and by December, 2009, we started contacting the customers through letters."

The company started replacing the gasket from December, 2009, and has so far changed the part in about 50,000 units.

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) had launched its fifth global model -- A-Star -- on November 19, 2008. The 998cc K10B petrol engined car is manufactured only in India at its Manesar facility.

The recalled vehicles belong to a lot made till August 22 last year, the spokesperson said.

"No problem has been reported by customers. However, as a proactive step, we decided to check all vehicles from the lot, around one lakh units including those exported overseas. We are changing fuel pump gasket and 'O' ring at no cost to customer," he added.

The final cost for this replacement would be shared with the supplier partner after completion of the entire exercise.