Volvo gets fined by NHTSA for recall problems

We often hear all about the recall business and how manufacturers face the wall when it comes to older cars and whatever problems they may have developed.

What doesn’t really come to our attention is what happens after these recalls are carried through. In Volvo’s case we’re going to have the news in a different way.

The Swedish guys renown for the safety of their cars are getting a fine from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

It seems that the fine is related to failing to report safety defects. That’s not really the same situation where used to.

Volvo are pathological about safety, so how could this happen? Well, it actually didn’t. There’s a bit of a paperwork issue.

The original problems happened back in 2010, as Volvo was being sold by Volvo to Geely. In the midst of the events, there weren’t too many people available to report on recalls to the NHTSA.

Naturally, everybody is trying to get away from the responsibility by claiming it wasn’t them who needed to do the reporting.

America’s safety agency isn’t having any, Volvo got a 1.5 million dollar warning fine for not reporting the situation on time.

The Swedish company agreed to pay the fine but never admitted to ever doing anything wrong. It’s a rather unpleasant situation.

Even more so when you consider that the recall in question includes some 32000 vehicles with different problems.

Ok, some of them are less important like air pressure in the tires and a few warning stickers but there are plenty with actual airbag issues or stalling risks.