NHTSA Campaign 11V050000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
NHTSA campaign 11V050000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery. The repair is free.
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA filed the report for 11V050000 with NHTSA on January 24, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V050000, NHTSA lists up to 1,847 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 23, 2010 and December 22, 2010.
The 11V050000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V050000 were scheduled from April 13, 2011, 79 days after the report.
11V050000 covers 1 model from Volvo, model years 2011.
Owners of the model years 11V050000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V050000 ranks 13 of 20 VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA recalls on this site.
Besides 11V050000, VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA has 1 other recall on the electrical system on this site; the one before 11V050000 was 07V573000, reported on December 14, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLVO TRUCKS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 VNL TRUCKS MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 23, 2010, THROUGH DECEMBER 22, 2010. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE VEHICLE TO START WITHOUT WARNING BECAUSE OF AN UNINTENDED PATH TO GROUND THAT EXISTS. THIS CAN OCCUR WHEN EITHER THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE IS DISCONNECTED AT THE BATTERY/FUSIBLE LINK OR IF THE FUSIBLE LINK OPENS AS A RESULT OF A SHORT CIRCUIT.
- The risk
- THIS PRESENTS A RISK OF INJURY WITH NONOPERATIONAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE A WIRING HARNESS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 13, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO TRUCKS AT 1-800-528-6586.
- Notes
- VOLVO TRUCKS RECALL NO. RVXX1101.
Reported January 24, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V050000 (1)
Volvo (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V050000, 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: January 24, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted