Recall · 20V378000
Volvo Car USA recalled 10 models over seat belts
308,260
Vehicles covered
10
Models
73
Model years
June 30, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
- The defect
- Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC (Volvo) is recalling certain 2008-2016 V70 and XC70, 2007-2016 S80, 2011-2018 S60 and V60, 2016-2018 S60 Cross Country, 2014-2020 S60L, 2009-2015 S80L, 2009-2016 XC60 and 2015-2018 V60 Cross Country vehicles. The flexible steel cable that connects the seat belt to the front outboard seating positions may fatigue over time, causing the seat belt to not secure the occupant in the event of a crash.
- What it can cause
- An unsecured occupant has an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will replace the seat belt anchor cable for both front seats. The recall began December 10, 2020. Owners may contact Volvo customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo's number for this recall is R10029.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Volvo S60 | 2011 to 2018 | 201220132014201520162017 |
| Volvo S60CC | 2016 to 2018 | Not published here |
| Volvo S60L | 2014 to 2020 | Not published here |
| Volvo S80 | 2007 to 2016 | 201020122013 |
| Volvo S80L | 2009 to 2015 | Not published here |
| Volvo V60 | 2011 to 2018 | 20152016 |
| Volvo V60CC | 2015 to 2018 | 2016 |
| Volvo V70 | 2008 to 2016 | Not published here |
| Volvo XC60 | 2009 to 2016 | 2010201120122013201420152016 |
| Volvo XC70 | 2008 to 2016 | 2010201120122013 |
How this campaign compares
At 308,260 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 96% of the 14,173 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 491. It covers model years 2007 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 13 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Volvo vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 10 times before this, most recently in June 2017 as 17V370000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 35 of the 73 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 951 complaints with NHTSA, 508 of them before this campaign was filed. 56 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 2007, 12 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 26V072000 (latches/locks/linkages).
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 June 30, 2020 as campaign 20V378000. 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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