Volvo has issued a recall impacting 19,149 of its vehicles on U.S. roads related to a seatbelt issue.
The Swedish car manufacturer says that seat belts produced by supplier AutoLiv with the Automatic Locking Retractor have not been produced according to specifications. As a result, the locking feature used to tightly secure a child restraint system could be deactivated early. This increases the risk of injury in a crash to the occupant of the child restraint seat.
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Volvo will remedy the issue by inspecting and performing a functionality test of recalled vehicles. If necessary, the seat belts will be replaced at no charge to owners.
The recall involves the 2021 Volvo XC40 and XC40 (built between December 1, 2020, and March 25, 2021), 2021-2022 Volvo V60 (built between November 23, 2020, and July 6, 2021), 2021-2022 Volvo XC60 (built between November 23, 2020, and May 21, 2021), the 2021-2022 Volvo S60 (built between December 1, 2020, and July 28, 2021), 2021 Volvo V60CC (built between November 24, 2020, and February 16, 2021), 2021 Volvo V90 (built between January 7, 2021, and April 28, 2021), 2021 Volvo V90 CC (built between January 4, 2021, and May 4, 2021), and 2021 Volvo XC90 models built between November 19, 2020, and June 29, 2021.
Volvo began to notify dealerships of the recall on September 1 and will inform customers on October 31.
This isn’t the first seatbelt-related recall that Volvo has issued. In mid-2020, the automaker issued a global recall impacting 2.18 million vehicles as a steel cable inside the front seat belt assembly could wear down and reduce the belt’s ability to restrain occupants.
