Volvo Seats

Volvo is recalling about 2,297 vehicles over a problem with the seats. If the nuts are missing, in the event of a crash, the front seat structure and position may be affected, increasing the risk of injury.

Campaign
19V220000
Manufacturer
Volvo Car USA LLC
Reported
20 March 2019
Vehicles
2,297
Built between
Oct 2017 – Jan 2019
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 May 2019
Repaired
96%
Unrepaired
54

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between October 2017 and January 2019. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2018-2019 Volvo S90Built October 2017 to January 2019
  • 2018-2019 Volvo XC60Built October 2017 to January 2019

Repair progress

54 of 2,297 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2020.

96% repaired — 2,198 of 2,297 reported

Owners not reachable
43
Scrapped or exported
2

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 Car USA LLC (Volvo) is recalling certain 2018-2019 XC60 and S90 vehicles. The driver and passenger front seat rail rear flange nuts may not have been installed during assembly.

What could happen

If the nuts are missing, in the event of a crash, the front seat structure and position may be affected, increasing the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the front seat rails for missing flange nuts, installing them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began May 7, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 2017 to January 2019
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA20 March 2019
  3. Owners notified7 May 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2020 — 96% 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 20 March 2019.

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 Volvo customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo's number for this recall is R19931.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
R19931
Recalling manufacturer
Volvo Car USA LLC
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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