The Associated Press Oct 22, 2021 15:34:23 IST
Volvo is recalling another 195,000 vehicles in the US because the front driver’s airbags could explode and send shrapnel into the cabin. It’s the company’s third US recall for the issue with airbag inflators made by supplier ZF/TRW. It stems from the death of an unidentified US driver. In all, the recalls cover nearly 768,000 older vehicles worldwide, according to Volvo.
The latest recall posted Thursday by US safety regulators covers XC70 and V70 wagons from the 2001 through 2007 model years that were built from 22 February, 2000, through 4 May, 2007.
The problem is similar to widespread trouble with airbag inflators made by bankrupt Japanese airbag maker Takata. The company used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate the airbags. But the chemical can deteriorate over time when exposed to high heat and humidity and burn too fast, blowing apart a metal canister.
The Volvo inflators, made by ZF/TRW, do not benefit ammonium nitrate, but the propellant can still deteriorate when shown high heat and humidity. Concept: Volvo Cars
At least 19 girls in the US and 28 communicate have been killed by g Takata inflators. More than 4 hundred have been injured in the US.
The Volvo inflators do not use ammonium nitrate, but the propellant can still damage when exposed to high heat because humidity, according to documents submitted Thursday by the National Interstate Traffic Safety Administration.
Volvo said at the documents that the fatality relates to the only inflator rupture the circumstance that it knows of.
ZF/TRW said the inflators were not sold to any other auto manufacturers in the US. The company’s THE COMPANY headquarters is in Livonia, The state of michigan, near Detroit.
Earlier this month, Volvo recalled nearly 260, 000 older cars in the US for the same dysfunction. That was in addition to a recall during November of 2020.
Volvo said Thurs night that it will contact owners of all the so-called recalled cars and put down how to get the vehicles iphone repair.
Dealers will also replace the driver’s airbag “with a modern state-of-the-art propellant/inflator, ” the Volvo documents claim. Owners in the latest WITH US recall will be notified while letter starting 14 The end of the year.
Volvo issues recall for 195, 000 more vehicles in america to replace driver airbag inflator
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