NHTSA Campaign 03V381000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 03V381000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: starter assembly. The repair is free.
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC filed the report for 03V381000 with NHTSA on October 8, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V381000, NHTSA lists up to 176 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 8, 2001 and May 23, 2003.
The 03V381000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V381000 were scheduled from November 11, 2003, 34 days after the report.
03V381000 covers 1 model from Volvo, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 03V381000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V381000 ranks 13 of 17 VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN HEAVY-DUTY CLASS TRUCKS, SALT AND OTHER HIGHWAY SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL CHEMICALS ARE GETTING UNDER THE PROTECTIVE CAPS OF THE CHASSIS MOUNTED EMERGENCY START STUDS AND CORRODING THEM. THIS CONDITION DETERIORATES THE STUDS AND THE CONNECTIONS.
- The risk
- OVER TIME THE STUDS MAY LOOSEN SUFFICIENTLY TO CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW CHASSIS MOUNTED EMERGENCY START STUDS AND ASSOCIATED BATTERY CABLES. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING NOVEMBER 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT VOLVO AT 1-800-528-6586.
- Notes
- VOLVO TRUCK RECALL NO. RVXX0307.
Reported October 8, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V381000 (1)
Volvo (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V381000, 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: October 8, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted