NHTSA Campaign 10V489000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 10V489000 covers 6 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC filed the report for 10V489000 with NHTSA on October 13, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V489000, NHTSA lists up to 9,746 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 19, 2009 and June 22, 2010.
The 10V489000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V489000 were scheduled from October 20, 2010, 7 days after the report.
10V489000 covers 4 models from Volvo, model years 2010–2011.
Owners of the model years 10V489000 covers have filed at least 6 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V489000 vehicles, the 2010 Volvo S80 has the most (4).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V489000 ranks 24 of 54 VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V489000, VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC has 2 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 10V489000 was 07V500000, reported on October 26, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLVO IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 S80, XC70, MODEL YEAR 2011 XC60 AND MODEL YEAR 2010 V70 VEHICLES. THERE MAY BE AN INTERMITTENT FAULT IN THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG CLOCKSPRING WIRING CONNECTOR FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE DRIVER'S FRONTAL AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY AS INTENDED OR AT ALL, AND THEREFORE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY PROTECT THE DRIVER, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A METAL SHIM IN THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG CLOCKSPRING WIRING CONNECTOR. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO AT 1-800-458-1552.
- Notes
- VOLVO SAFETY RECALL NO. R229.
Reported October 13, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V489000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V489000, 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 13, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted