NHTSA Campaign 10V579000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 10V579000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC filed the report for 10V579000 with NHTSA on November 17, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V579000, NHTSA lists up to 6,046 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 10V579000 were scheduled from December 13, 2010, 26 days after the report.
10V579000 covers 4 models from Volvo, model years 2011.
Owners of the model years 10V579000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V579000 vehicles, the 2011 Volvo S60 has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V579000 ranks 30 of 54 VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 10V579000, VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC has 4 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 10V579000 was 09V218000, reported on June 12, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLVO IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011, S80, S60, XC70 AND XC60 VEHICLES. THE SOFTWARE CALIBRATION FOR THE FUEL CUT-OFF FUNCTIONALITY IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) IS TOO SENSITIVE.
- The risk
- SUDDEN ENGINE STALL COULD OCCUR INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL UPDATE THE ECM AND TCM WITH NEW SOFTWARE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 10, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO AT 1-800-458-1552 OR AT [email protected].
- Notes
- VOLVO SAFETY RECALL NO. R234.
Reported November 17, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V579000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V579000, 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 17, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted