NHTSA Campaign 11V378000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
NHTSA campaign 11V378000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections. The repair is free.
VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC filed the report for 11V378000 with NHTSA on July 26, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V378000, NHTSA lists up to 8,406 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 8, 2006 and May 16, 2007.
The 11V378000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V378000 were scheduled from August 23, 2011, 28 days after the report.
11V378000 covers 1 model from Volvo, model years 2007.
Owners of the model years 11V378000 covers have filed at least 4 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V378000 ranks 26 of 54 VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V378000, VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC has 5 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 11V378000 was 11V286000, reported on May 18, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VOLVO IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007 S80 PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 8, 2006, THROUGH MAY 16, 2007. THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR RETURN HOSE MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY ROUTED, WHICH CAN RESULT IN INCREASED PRESSURE IN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. THE POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE MAY BURST AT THE STEERING GEAR DUE TO THE INCREASED PRESSURE, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID.
- The risk
- THE DRIVER MAY EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- VOLVO DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE ROUTING OF THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR RETURN HOSE AND MAKE REPAIRS AS NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING AUGUST 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO AT 1-201-768-7300.
- Notes
- VOLVO SAFETY RECALL NO. R246.
Reported July 26, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V378000 (1)
Volvo (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V378000, 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: July 26, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted