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Originally Posted by Frank B
I recently had a new Witter towbar fitted to my 2016 Volvo XC70 D5 AWD by a local towbar specialist.
I had my car into the Volvo dealer yesterday for something un related but the dealer mentioned that a reinforcement bar had been removed when the towbar was fitted which should have been refitted at the end of the job. I contacted the towbar fitter who said that the reniforcement bar should not be re fitted. Who is right ?
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The dealer is right the tow bar people have compromised your safety by removing the extremely strong boron steel beam , they have not designed the towbar properly to fit behind it , which is where the volvo tow bar goes , Remember volvo tow bars are crash tested , the non volvo ones are not as far as i know , why not ask them ...
THis does not apply to the new XC90 , with that you do discard the beam , but it is an alloy one not a boron steel one ...