NHTSA Campaign 03V260000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
NHTSA campaign 03V260000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring. The repair is free.
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC filed the report for 03V260000 with NHTSA on July 22, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V260000, NHTSA lists up to 422 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 3, 2001 and June 11, 2003.
The 03V260000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V260000 were scheduled from August 15, 2003, 24 days after the report.
03V260000 covers 1 model from Volvo, model years 2002–2003.
Owners of the model years 03V260000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 03V260000 vehicles, the 2003 Volvo VNL has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V260000 ranks 13 of 21 VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN TRUCKS, THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTED TO THE CHASSIS MOUNTED ELECTRICAL INVERTER MAY ALLOW WATER TO ENTER THE INVERTER AND CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE INVERTER.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS ON THESE VEHICLES. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING AUGUST 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT VOLVO TRUCKS AT 1-800-528-6586.
- Notes
- VOLVO RECALL NO. RVXX0305.
Reported July 22, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V260000 (2)
Volvo (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V260000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: July 22, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted