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The problem of "broken axis" which occurs frequently in ideal ONE finally has a new solution! In order to reduce the probability that early users will lose the ball of the lower arm of the front suspension after a collision, ideal car will upgrade the ideal ONE produced on or before June 1, 2020 free of charge to remove the higher force ball pin of the lower arm of the front suspension, ideal Auto's official Weibo post said.

According to the data of ideal car, up to October 31, 2020, there have been a total of 97 front suspension collision accidents in ideal ONE, of which 10 cases occurred when the ball head of the lower arm of the front suspension came out from the ball pin. Through the analysis of the accidents that have occurred, it is found that the ideal ONE suffered a great impact on one side of the wheel in the accident, which caused the ball head of the lower arm of the front suspension to break off from the ball pin. At the same time, it was found that the probability of ball head falling off of the ideal ONE in the accident was higher than that of the vehicle of the same grade.

However, the ideal car still says that there is nothing wrong with the front suspension and hem arm of the ideal ONE in terms of quality and material, and that it will not detach for no reason under normal driving.

In order to reduce the probability of the ball head of the lower arm of the front suspension coming out, the ideal car will upgrade the lower arm ball pin of the front suspension with higher force for the free upgrade of the ideal ONE produced on or before June 1, 2020, from the previous 35kN to the 50kN. As for the ideal ONE models produced after June 2, 2020, they all use new ball pins, and the ball protruding from the lower arm of the front suspension has not occurred yet.

In addition, for models delivered on or before October 31, 2020, the ideal car will upgrade the new metal chassis rear panel for car owners free of charge. At the same time, in view of a number of collision accidents in the state of "auxiliary driving on", the ideal car has introduced functions such as truck parallel warning.

Data show that the ideal ONE delivery volume in September this year is 3504 vehicles, with a cumulative delivery volume of 18160 vehicles in the first three quarters. In the context of rising delivery volume, the ideal car has frequent axle breakage accidents, some industry insiders suspect that there is a problem with the material of the lower arm of the ideal ONE front suspension, and the ideal car has also responded that "there is no quality problem with the ideal ONE suspension", but Li Xiang, founder of the ideal car, said in an interview that "the need to upgrade shows that there are defects", indirectly indicating that the ideal ONE has design defects.

Ideal car announced hardware upgrade measures, in the view of many netizens, this is another way of "recall". Netizens commented that "the recall is described as hardware optimization, will other car companies say the same in the future?" some netizens also said that "the practice of the ideal car is still commendable, which is much better than the mandatory recall of some AQSIQ."

Some car commentators think that "in fact, this is a recall (whether compulsory or voluntary), and there is no need to be so taboo about the word" recall "." At the same time, it is hoped that manufacturers will maintain a humble attitude in the face of accidents and doubts, and do not subconsciously "talk hard." .

It has to be said that the ideal car is indeed more considerate in terms of products and services than other car brands, which has been affirmed and supported by many users. However, in view of the latest hardware optimization measures, some car owners have questioned that the models produced after June this year have been replaced with new ball pins, why the relevant solution of "broken shaft" has not come out until now?

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