Recall · 20V144000
Volvo Car USA recalled 9 models over forward collision avoidance
121,605
Vehicles covered
9
Models
18
Model years
March 12, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- The defect
- Volvo Cars USA LLC (Volvo Cars) is recalling certain 2019-2020 S60, V60, V60 Cross Country, S90L, V90, V90 Cross Country, XC40, XC60, and XC90 vehicles. Due to a software/hardware incompatibility, the Automatic Emergency Brake (AEB) system may not detect obstacles and engage as intended.
- What it can cause
- If the automatic emergency braking system does not engage as intended, it can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will update the Active Safety Domain Master (ASDM) software, free of charge. The recall began April 9, 2020. Owners may contact Volvo customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo's number for this recall is R29998.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| VolvoS60 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| VolvoS90 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VolvoV60 | 2019 to 2020 | 2020 |
| VolvoV60CC | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VolvoV90 | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VolvoV90CC | 2019 to 2020 | Not published here |
| VolvoXC40 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| VolvoXC60 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| VolvoXC90 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
How this campaign compares
At 121,605 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 93% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2019 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Volvo vehicles have been recalled over the forward collision avoidance once before this, most recently in June 2014 as 14V356000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 9 of the 18 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 215 complaints with NHTSA, 16 of them before this campaign was filed. 16 of those name the forward collision avoidance, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2018, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 8 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V179000 (electrical system), 23V827000 (seat belts), 23V780000 (air bags), 23V001000 (steering).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Volvo Car USA LLC with NHTSA on March 12, 2020 as campaign 20V144000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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