The Swedish carmaker Volvo who are famous for their safety technology, so said ‘boring’ cars which seem to be becoming overtly interesting these days, and recently Chinese Ownership, have joined the long bandwagon that the recallers are recently. They have recalled the C30 hatch, S40 saloon and the V50 estate for a minor glitch with the gearbox.
This recall goes for the 2010-11 model year C30 car and the 2010 S40 and V50 cars and is only for those vehicles with a 6 speed manual transmission. The fault with the gearbox is a loose gearshift lever stud assembly which may not have been properly tightened at the factory. This might cause the stud or the gearshift lever cable to come off thus causing inability to shift gears or even engage or disengage them.
Only 536 vehicles have been recalled as the sales of manual versions of these cars haven’t been like those of hot dogs. Thankfully, no accidents or cases have been reported. Volvo also recently faced a similar embarrassment when their emergency braking systems show went wrong when the S60 sedan being demonstrated hit the obstacle in front of it when it was supposed to actually slow down and stop. Volvo assured the problem would be a one-off. However it’s critical that manufacturers check their quality assurance strategies in these ‘troubled’ times!
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This is so dangerous I didn’t know about this, they made the right decision.