The British brand has admitted that the virtual dashboard screen could break and injure the car driver in the event of an accident. The likelihood of injury is very low, but as an “abundance of precaution” it has been decided to repair all at-risk Rolls-Royces free of charge. Official dealers will protect the display with a piece of transparent, high-strength film.
In May 2020, Rolls-Royce discovered that the instrument panel screen had shattered into small pieces following a high-speed side-impact crash test. Although such displays satisfy the authorities’ requirements, the British brand decided to make changes to the production process and replaced single-layer tempered glass with double-layer glass.
Such glass began to be installed on production cars at the end of last year, and now it has been decided to protect 1,300 cars made before December 8, 2022: these are Ghost sedans of the 2021-2023 model years for the North American market. The high-quality film will begin to be applied to customer cars from November 13, and official dealers will contact Rolls-Royce owners at risk.
A recall campaign from Rolls-Royce is very rare, and even more so on such a large scale. The last time the automaker bothered its customers was a year ago: then defective headlights were found on two Phantom sedans.
New Rolls-Royce Ghost
