Russian automaker AvtoVAZ has stopped installing seat belt pretensioners on cars of the Lada Vesta family. In this respect reports Avtograd News is publicly available on the VKontakte social network.
“In the Lada Vesta car, interior options such as lighting and micro-lifting of the glove compartment, trunk lighting, height adjustment of seat belts have already been lost, now the absence of a pretensioner for the same seat belts is added to this,” says the public message .
Also, due to component shortage, AvtoVAZ from December 11, 2023 to start Production of Vesta cars without airbags. According to the company, this workaround is necessary to eliminate conveyor downtime and avoid creating a shortage build-up within the facility. The installation of this option on Lada cars will continue in 2024.
It happened before that knownIt was stated that AvtoVAZ could not reach the full production capacity of Lada Vesta cars at its Tolyatti factory due to parts shortage.
Previously reportedAvtoVAZ put the 1.8 Evo engine into production.