The inventor of the three-point seat belt failed. Volvo recalled 2.2 million vehicles due to hidden dangers in the seat belts.

In 1959, Volvo's safety engineer Niels Bolling invented the three-point seat belt and equipped it on the Volvo PV544 model. Volvo also contributed this patent to car companies around the world for free. use. Since the invention of the three-point seat belt, this equipment has saved countless lives and has been rated as one of the greatest car safety inventions in the world. However, as the inventor of the three-point seat belt, Volvo has recently fallen into safety problems. Bring it on.

A few days ago, Volvo announced that it would recall about 2.2 million cars worldwide. The reason for the recall is that in extreme cases, the cable in the rubber cover on the outside of the seat is damaged, which may reduce the restraint function of the seat belt. In the event of a collision, it will not be able to effectively restrain the body of the driver and passengers.

This recall involves approximately 2.2 million vehicles including the S60, V60, XC60, V70, XC70 and S80 produced from 2006 to 2018. The specific model number is The times are as follows:

1. 2011-2018 S60 produced from May 21, 2010 to August 14, 2018;

2. From June 22, 2010 to 2011-2018 V60 produced on August 27, 2018;

3. 2009-2016 XC60 produced from March 18, 2008 to April 22, 2016;

4. 2008-2016 XC70 produced from May 9, 2007 to May 30, 2016;

5. Produced from March 14, 2007 to April 27, 2016 2008-2016 V70;

6. 2007-2016 S80 produced from February 7, 2006 to April 8, 2016;

However, for domestic, At present, we have not received any recall information from Volvo. We will continue to follow up and disclose it to you as soon as possible.

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