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NHTSA Campaign 04V451000

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

NHTSA campaign 04V451000 covers 6 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan. The repair is free.

VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC filed the report for 04V451000 with NHTSA on September 13, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 04V451000, NHTSA lists up to 149,799 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 8, 1998 and May 12, 1999.

The 04V451000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 04V451000 were scheduled from November 29, 2004, 77 days after the report.

04V451000 covers 4 models from Volvo, model years 2000–2001.

Owners of the model years 04V451000 covers have filed at least 166 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 04V451000 vehicles, the 2000 Volvo S80 has the most (68).

By potentially affected vehicles, 04V451000 ranks 4 of 54 VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC recalls on this site.

Besides 04V451000, VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC has 4 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site.

What this recall covers

The defect
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, UNDER CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS, SOME ELECTRIC COOLING FANS MAY OVERHEAT POTENTIALLY CAUSING HEAT DAMAGE AND, IN RARE INSTANCES, A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.
The risk
A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COULD OCCUR.
The fix
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE COOLING FAN. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 29, 2004. CUSTOMERS SHOULD CONTACT VOLVO CARS AT 1-800-458-1552.
Notes
VOLVO RECALL NO. 141.

Reported September 13, 2004

Vehicles covered by 04V451000 (6)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V451000, 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: September 13, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted