Rolls-royce Says Cullinan Owners Can't Use The Back Seats Because The Seat Belts Might Not Be Attached

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A fistful of perchance undertorqued bolts successful nan rear of your shiny half-million dollar Rolls-Royce Cullinan could beryllium endangering nan group who beryllium successful nan backmost seats. At slightest until nan conveyance tin beryllium inspected by your section Rolls-Royce dealer, nan institution is issuing a stop-use order. The backmost spot of your 6,000 lb ultra-luxury SUV can't beryllium used! Many Rolls owners have chauffeured drivers, and beryllium successful nan backmost seats themselves, rendering these vehicles wholly useless unless you really want to thrust yourself, and who has clip for that?

The recall, NHTSA run number 26V143000, notes that "a damaged seatbelt aliases unsecured spot backmost my not adequately restrain nan spot occupant" and that this carries a imaginable "risk of wounded during a crash." These are highly expensive, boutique, hand-assembled vehicles, truthful really does thing for illustration this moreover happen? BMW of North America, nan supplier for Rolls-Royce successful nan region, stated successful nan callback that "certain 2020-2026" models of Cullinan are affected, and whitethorn not person had rear spot fixing bolts decently tightened. The bolts tin loosen complete time, damaging nan rear spot caretaker restraining loop webbing, aliases allowing nan spot backmost to move if location are ample items successful nan hatch. 

When you return your Cullinan successful to your dealership, nan bolts will beryllium inspected, tightened, aliases replaced arsenic needed. Likewise, nan information loop webbing will beryllium inspected for harm and replaced if necessary. A stop-use announcement will beryllium mailed retired to each affected Cullinan owners, expected to beryllium 102 individual units. No injuries aliases crashes person been attributed to nan defect arsenic of this reporting, and Rolls-Royce hopes to support it that way. 

If you're a Cullinan backmost spot enjoyer, don't consequence it. Either beryllium up beforehand pinch Nigel until nan trader has a chance to look astatine your loop bolts, aliases thrust nan darned point yourself. 

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Rolls-Royce told Carscoops that nan defect was initially recovered during a regular value power cheque trial thrust backmost successful January. During nan thrust a rattle from nan correct broadside C-pillar made itself known. The company's value squad removed parts from nan conveyance until nan culprit was found. The spot loop retractor bolt itself had loosened, and from location nan institution launched an investigation into nan origin and determining really galore vehicles were affected. 

The BMW-owned British automaker began pinch a thorough inspection of each azygous conveyance wrong nan walls of nan assembly plant. Just 1 different conveyance was discovered to person a akin fault. The institution says it past began an investigation into historical torque worth information physics records for that bolt successful different vehicles. Maybe I'm conscionable a non-engineer dummy here, but if they person physics records for circumstantial bolt torque values going backmost 7 years, past why didn't nan strategy conscionable emblem circumstantial cars that weren't torqued decently erstwhile they were still astatine nan Goodwood factory?

In all, 102 units doesn't sound for illustration much. For astir automakers that would beryllium a mini fraction of a azygous day's production. Rolls-Royce produces vehicles connected a overmuch smaller scale, but nan Cullinan is by acold nan brand's astir celebrated vehicle. In 2025 unsocial Rolls produced 3,291 units for world consumption, and estimates of full accumulation since 2018 transcend 20,000 units, truthful this callback still only affects a beautiful mini fistful of Cullinans ever built. Even so, it seems absurd that specified a point would moreover person occurred. Isn't nan British car manufacture known for nan utmost successful care, quality, fit, and finish? 

I conjecture if you can't return nan Rolls-Royce, you tin astir apt still return nan Range Rover aliases Bentley, right?