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NHTSA Campaign 10V566000

EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)

NHTSA campaign 10V566000 covers 69 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system). The repair is free.

VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC filed the report for 10V566000 with NHTSA on November 8, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 10V566000, NHTSA lists up to 416 potentially affected vehicles.

Owner notification letters for 10V566000 were scheduled from November 18, 2010, 10 days after the report.

10V566000 covers 9 models from Volvo, model years 2000–2010.

Owners of the model years 10V566000 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the equipment, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 10V566000 vehicles, the 2010 Volvo XC70 has the most (2).

By potentially affected vehicles, 10V566000 ranks 49 of 54 VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC recalls on this site.

Besides 10V566000, VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC has 7 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 10V566000 was 10V190000, reported on May 7, 2010.

What this recall covers

The defect
VOLVO IS RECALLING CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH GARMIN 760 PORTABLE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) UNITS BECAUSE THE BATTERIES ON THOSE UNITS MAY OVERHEAT.
The risk
AN OVERHEATED BATTERY COULD LEAD TO A FIRE.
The fix
VOLVO ADVISES OWNERS TO PLEASE STOP USING THE GARMIN PORTABLE GPS DEVICE IMMEDIATELY, AND VISIT THE GARMIN WEBSITE TO DETERMINE IF THEIR UNIT IS AFFECTED. THE UNIT'S BATTERY WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW BATTERY AND A SPACER WILL BE INSERTED ON TOP OF THE BATTERY NEXT TO THE PCB. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 18, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT GARMIN AT 866-957-1981 OR VISIT GARMIN'S WEBSITE AT WWW.GARMIN.COM/NUVIBATTERYPCBRECALL.
Notes
VOLVO SAFETY RECALL NO. R231.

Reported November 8, 2010

Vehicles covered by 10V566000 (69)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V566000, 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 8, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted