Volvo Seat Belts: Warning Light/Devices

Volvo is recalling about 1,584 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts. An audible warning chime that does not properly alert of an unbelted seat belt can increase the risk of injury during a crash.

Campaign
26V136000
Manufacturer
Volvo Car USA, LLC
Reported
11 March 2026
Vehicles
1,584
Built between
Aug 2025 – Nov 2025
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
3 April 2026
Repaired
42%
Unrepaired
114

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between August 2025 and November 2025. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2025-2026 Volvo EX30Built August 2025 to November 2025
  • 2026 Volvo EX30CCBuilt September 2025 to November 2025

Repair progress

114 of 1,584 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.

42% repaired — 672 of 1,584 reported

Owners not reachable
798

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 Car) is recalling certain 2025-2026 EX30 and 2026 EX30CC vehicles. The seat belt warning system may not activate the audible warning chime as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

What could happen

An audible warning chime that does not properly alert of an unbelted seat belt can increase the risk of injury during a crash.

What gets fixed

Dealers will replace the terminals at the audio module connector, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 26, 2026.

Parts involved

  • Repair Terminal32473659Repair Terminal
  • Splice9512783Splice

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtAugust 2025 to November 2025
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA11 March 2026
  3. Owners notified3 April 2026
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 42% 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 11 March 2026.

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 Car’s customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Car’s number for this recall is R10365. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 13, 2026.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
R10365
Recalling manufacturer
Volvo Car USA, LLC
Safety standard
FMVSS 208
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.

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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