Bentley Motors, Volkswagen’s prestigious luxury brand automobile, has issued a recall for over 27,000 for a potentially faulty battery connection. This is certainly news that Bentley owners did not want to hear, although it is better to fix all issues before something dastardly happens.
This isn’t Bentley nor Volkswagen’s first recall, but still, Bentley is a highly respected car make, popularized in the media and among the public as a vehicle that represents luxury and success. Volkswagen, which has received generally favorable reviews in the past years for reliability, has once again reported a recall for certain Bentley models.
The Details of the Recall
A Bentley spokesman reported that the models affected have a faulty battery connection, and the specific model to be recalled are all Continental GT/GTC/Flying Spur and new Flying Spur cars that were built between February 2011 and June 2014. All other Bentley models are not affected by this and will not be recalled.
The Bentley representative also went on to explain that these models may have a bolted connection for a battery joint that is loose and that they plan to replace the components with a new connection system for all affected vehicles and the spokesman stated that this will take approximately two hours per car. This, as declared by Bentley, was a voluntary recall and was not decided based on other companies recalling their vehicles.
Bentley’s Future
Bentley is certainly not the first brand to be recalled for a potentially fatal inconvenience. Just this week GM actually had to recall over 1 million cars for leaking oil that had caused fires and could be a major hazard to customers. Bentley has given quick response to the issues reported, as should be done of any automobile company, and all customers can expect is a safer future for Bentley cars and a good repair rate for the cars called back into the dealerships. Of course, the question of whether or not something like this will happen again is always in the midst. Will this affect customers’ loyalty? Will customers still want to buy a Bentley in the future after hearing about this?
These are questions that are out of the companies control at this point and can only be answered by the people who ever plan to purchase a Bentley car. Cars, too, can only be improved through trial and error as technology keeps evolving and new, better features are implemented into cars. These don’t always turn out to be the best, and as a result it is only natural that the company recalls the cars, to ensure that they perfect their existing manufacture methods, and to ascertain that issues like this will not happen in the future. The future for these automobiles should still be bright as long as the customers decide to give Bentleys another chance after this recall.
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