Recall · 23V012000
Volvo Car USA recalled 8 models over service brakes, hydraulic
27,457
Vehicles covered
8
Models
8
Model years
January 19, 2023
Filed with NHTSA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- The defect
- Volvo Car USA, LLC (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2023 S60, V60, V60CC, V90CC, XC60, XC90, XC40, and C40 vehicles. A diagnostic error in the Brake Control Module 2 (BCM2) may cause a loss of Antilock Brake System (ABS), Electronic Stability Control (ESC), and traction control.
- What it can cause
- A reduction in brake support functions can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Volvo will release an over-the-air (OTA) BCM2 software update, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 15, 2023. Owners may contact Volvo Car customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10217.
- 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.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner. This one is fixed by a software update rather than a workshop visit.
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 .
How this campaign compares
At 27,457 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 86% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2023, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2023, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Volvo vehicles have been recalled over the service brakes, hydraulic 8 times before this, most recently in September 2021 as 21V716000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 8 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 133 complaints with NHTSA, 4 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the service brakes, hydraulic, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 25V908000 (back over prevention), 25V282000 (back over prevention), 24V938000 (air bags), 23V827000 (seat belts).
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 January 19, 2023 as campaign 23V012000. 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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