Volvo Engine and Engine Cooling: Diesel

Volvo is recalling about 136 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.

Campaign
16V393000
Manufacturer
Volvo Trucks North America
Reported
1 June 2016
Vehicles
136
Built between
Mar 2016 – Apr 2016
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
11 July 2016
Repaired
89%
Unrepaired
15

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 2016 and April 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017 Volvo VNLBuilt March 2016 to April 2016

Repair progress

15 of 136 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2017.

89% repaired — 121 of 136 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Volvo Trucks North America (Trucks) is recalling certain model year 2017 VNL trucks manufactured March 15, 2016, to April 20, 2016, equipped with a Cummins ISX12 or ISX15 engine using certain engine control modules (ECM). These ECM's may experience an internal electrical short that can cause a fuse to blow, resulting in an unexpected engine stall without the ability to restart the engine.

What could happen

An engine stall can increase the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Cummins will notify owners, and Cummins dealers will replace the existing ECM with a new ECM, free of charge. The recall began on July 11, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 2016 to April 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA1 June 2016
  3. Owners notified11 July 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2017 — 89% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 1 June 2016.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Cummins customer service at 1-800-343-7357 or Volvo customer service at 1-800-528-6586. Volvo's number for this recall is RVXX1604.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
RVXX1604
Recalling manufacturer
Volvo Trucks North America
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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