NHTSA Campaign 06V441000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NHTSA campaign 06V441000 covers 15 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the vehicle speed control. The repair is free.
VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC filed the report for 06V441000 with NHTSA on November 15, 2006; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 06V441000, NHTSA lists up to 170,099 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 25, 2001 and August 26, 2002.
The 06V441000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V441000 were scheduled from December 29, 2006, 44 days after the report.
06V441000 covers 8 models from Volvo, model years 2000–2002.
Owners of the model years 06V441000 covers have filed at least 464 complaints naming the vehicle speed control, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 06V441000 vehicles, the 2000 Volvo S80 has the most (93).
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V441000 ranks 2 of 54 VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, A COMBINATION OF THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR IRREGULARITIES, A DIRTY THROTTLE HOUSING, AND/OR INEFFICIENT SOFTWARE CALIBRATION MAY CAUSE A WARNING LAMP TO LIGHT AND THE SUBSEQUENT ONSET OF LIMP HOME MODES.
- The risk
- THIS RESULTED IN A HIGH NUMBER OF VEHICLES GOING INTO THE LIMP HOME MODE WITHOUT NEED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL THE CURRENT SOFTWARE UPGRADE ONTO THE INVOLVED VEHICLES. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 29, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO AT 1-800-458-1552.
- Notes
- VOLVO RECALL NO. R155.
Reported November 15, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V441000 (15)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V441000, 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: November 15, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted