NHTSA Campaign 12V439000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
NHTSA campaign 12V439000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive. The repair is free.
Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC filed the report for 12V439000 with NHTSA on September 10, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V439000, NHTSA lists up to 9 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 12V439000 were scheduled from September 18, 2012, 8 days after the report.
12V439000 covers 2 models from Volvo, model years 2013.
Owners of the model years 12V439000 covers have filed at least 15 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V439000 vehicles, the 2013 Volvo S60 has the most (8).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V439000 ranks 5 of 6 Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Volvo is recalling certain model year 2013 S60 and XC60 vehicles. A manufacturing defect within the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) control unit may lead to an inadvertent deployment of the seat belt pretensioner and/or inflatable curtain.
- The risk
- If the seat belt pretensioner and/or inflatable side curtain deploy without cause, the driver could be distracted and the driver's visibility could be reduced, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- These vehicles have not been sold and the SRS control unit will be replaced prior to the cars being sold. Owners may contact Volvo at 1-800-458-1552.
- Notes
- The Volvo recall campaign number is 257.
Reported September 10, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V439000 (2)
Volvo (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V439000, 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: September 10, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted