In crash tests Euro NCAP were found parts of machines with strange symbols

10 October 2018

Cheat manufacturers safety Committee?

not Yet the dust settled after the "diselect": Volkswagen still pays huge fines, the popularity of diesel cars is reduced, even in Europe. Meanwhile, the automotive industry faces another scandal. Organization Euro NCAP and the British research centre Thatcham has found that some of the details of the test machines inscribed with "just for crash tests." About an unusual discovery soobshaet the British edition AutoExpress.

As stated by researchers, usually these marks are detected at the modules of airbags, and ISOFIX mountings for child seats. The head of research at Thatcham Research, Matthew Avery (Matthew Avery) calls these labels "very suspicious."

unfortunately, Mr. Avery told what brand of cars have been discovered such inscriptions. He only said that in recent years, so has got several brands. Representatives of Euro NCAP confirmed that sometimes such oddities was the place to be.

Many of these components do to the car companies from third-party suppliers. However, Euro NCAP and Thatcham Research asked producers about the nature of the inscriptions. Mostly they just apologize. To name the true cause of these parts they can't.

In some cases, the automakers say that in preparation for Euro NCAP tests the serial production of the new model is still not adjusted properly, so some parts are missing. So some elements are marked to ensure that they had not been spent. In other words, such items are simply set aside to test the machine was assembled in time, because a reschedule is impossible.

In General, Matthew Avery believes this explanation. He's 99% sure that in recent years car companies have not tried to intentionally deceive the Board of Euro NCAP.

At the same time, it is difficult to imagine what consequences for the manufacturer may lead obviously intentional deception, Euro NCAP. Indeed, in this case it is not just about exceeding the allowable emissions (as in "disilicate"), and the life and health of people.