In the same year Volvo released its 2016 and 2017 models, the Swedish manufacturer has initiated a voluntary recall of 74,000 vehicles in the U.S. and a further 5,000 in Canada following a potential issue with a seat belt bolt.<\/p>\n
As we often say when we cover U.S based stories: we work closely with American lawyers for varying group actions and legal matters, and these issues may also affect U.K. citizens too.
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There are no definite grounds to say that Volvo are at fault, but there are speculations by the manufacturer that there may be a safety issue with the passenger seat buckle bolt. The issue is reportedly caused by a connecting pin in the seat belt buckle, which could stop the seat belt adequately working in a crash.<\/p>\n
As wearing a seat belt is required by law in many States, this can affect the safety of many people in the vehicles.<\/p>\n
The recall involves the following Volvo models: S60, S90, V60, VC60 and XC90.<\/p>\n
When the Swedish manufacturer was first made aware of the potential safety issue, a Volvo spokesman, Jim Nichols, said that the manufacturer informed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier in October. In Volvo’s statement they state that the voluntary recall will take a matter of minutes to inspect the passenger seat belt bolt.<\/p>\n
There have been no reported injuries to date.<\/p>\n
This isn’t the first time that Volvo has had to recall their vehicles recently – back in February this year, the Swedish manufacturer had to recall 59,000 vehicles over a fault that could temporarily shut down the engine. <\/p>\n
Although the fault reportedly didn’t result in any accidents, the glitch itself could shut down the engine while the vehicle was in motion.<\/p>\n
I don’t know about you, but that sounds pretty dangerous to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"