Volvo Engine and Engine Cooling: Fan

Volvo is recalling about 382 vehicles over a problem with the engine and engine cooling. This condition poses a hazard to anyone working or standing in the area of the engine cooling fan without warning when the hood is open.

Campaign
99V078000
Manufacturer
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC
Reported
13 April 1999
Vehicles
382
Built between
Mar 1994 – Dec 1998
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
23 April 1999
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 1994 and December 1998. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1994-1998 Volvo AutocarBuilt March 1994 to December 1998
  • 1994-1998 Volvo Volvo TruckBuilt March 1994 to December 1998

What the defect is

Vehicle description: class 8 heavy duty trucks assembled by either volvo GM heavy truck corporation or volvo trucks north america, inc., and with a 2,100 rpm detroit series 60 engine, and a 32 inch, 8 blade kysor engine cooling fan. The blades may separate from the engine cooling fan assembly during fan operation and full engine rpm.

What could happen

This condition poses a hazard to anyone working or standing in the area of the engine cooling fan without warning when the hood is open.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FACTORY INSTALLED ENGINE COOLING FAN.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 1994 to December 1998
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA13 April 1999
  3. Owners notified23 April 1999

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 13 April 1999.

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.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
RVXA9902
Recalling manufacturer
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC
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

Owner notification began april 23, 1999.OWNERS who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact volvo trucks at 1-800-528-6586. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

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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