Recently, some owners of Lynk & Co 01 broke the news on the Internet that Lynk & Co 01 after the mid-term redesign was suspected of steel strength reduction and false publicity. On January 19, Lynk & Co responded to this for the first time in the official app.
According to the owner of the news, at the Lynk & Co 01 conference in December 2020, Lynk & Co officially promoted that Lynk & Co 01 reached a comprehensive high-strength steel plate utilization rate of 73.2%, and implemented a global unified standard. The steel strength map of the model released at the press conference shows that the entire roof beam of the Lynk & Co 01 is made of ultra-high strength steel. At the same time, the instruction manual of Lynk & Co 01 is also used in this picture.
In May last year, The Emperor of Understanding Cars dismantled the mid-term redesign of Lynk & Co 01 in the program. As can be seen from the dismantling video, the strength of the beam steel of the Lynk & Co 01 is different in the front and rear, the front is A-grade steel, and the rear is C-grade steel, which is inconsistent with official propaganda.
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Some Lynk & Co 01 owners also said that after the accident, it was found that the back of the C-pillar of the car collapsed, so he questioned the strength of the steel did not meet the publicity standards.
The owner said that at the end of May last year, it was found that the official website of Lynk & Co quietly replaced the steel strength data chart of the Lynk & Co 01 model, and the comparison can be found that the second half of the roof beam has been replaced by the previous ultra-high-strength steel to high-strength steel.
The owner of the car questioned that Lynk & Co was suspected of false publicity and allocation reduction.
Schematic diagram of the steel reduction that the owner complained about
In response to the above questions, Lynk & Co Responded through the official App on January 19, emphasizing that the body structure of the new Lynk & Co 01 models with the same powertrain is completely consistent and will not be distinguished by different sales countries. The content is roughly as follows:
1. The body structure of the version of the Lynk & Co 01 sold in different countries around the world is completely consistent;
2. The Lynk & Co 01 sold in different countries varies in configuration according to the needs of users in the market of various countries;
3. Regarding the body structure indication, the country currently has no unified standard, and Lynk & Co currently does not have a unified indication specification, resulting in inconsistent body structure indications used by different departments or different scenes. For example, the new Lynk & Co 01 uses a variety of schematic methods such as "Five-color Logo White Body Structure Schematic Diagram" and "Six-Color Logo Body Steel Structure Schematic Diagram" (which is consistent with the first Lynk & Co 01) in different online and offline scenes.
In addition, for the configuration of airbags and other models, Lynk & Co officials said that it will be determined based on the needs and competitiveness of users in the market of various countries, and the combination of configurations sold in different countries will have different sales prices.
Lynk & Co officially apologized for the doubts caused to everyone, and said that "I recognize the importance of establishing Lynk & Co's 'body structure indication' to disseminate and use specifications." The specifications of this work will be comprehensively checked and sorted out, and the norms of this work will be continuously improved across the brand."
However, for the questioned large-scale power loss problem, Lynk & Co did not explain this time. Red Star Capital Bureau found in the car quality network that there are 78 quality complaints in 2021 Lynk & Co 01, of which 73 are body accessories and electrical appliances, the main content of which is battery loss and low battery power. And this seems to be the old problem of the Lynk & Co series, Lynk & Co 01, Lynk & Co 02, Lynk & Co 03, Lynk & Co 05 and other models have owners complaining about this problem.
According to the situation reflected by the owners, Lynk & Co cars generally have the problem of frequent battery loss and short life, and some owners have replaced the battery once every 1-2 years. Industry insiders pointed out that the car battery is generally replaced once every 2-4 years, and if it is used and maintained properly, it will not be damaged in 4 years. Car owners believe that this shows that the manufacturer's design model selection and battery have congenital defects. However, 4S stores and manufacturers have denied that this is a quality problem, saying that the battery is a wearing part and must be replaced at their own expense after the insurance is issued.
Red Star News reporter Wu Danruo
Responsible editor Ren Zhijiang
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