NHTSA campaign 13V152000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Volvo Trucks North America: Parking Brake › Conventional › Air

Volvo Trucks North America reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 22, 2013 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 701. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 VHD and VNL vehicles manufactured December 13, 2010, through July 17, 2012. These vehicles are equipped with an MGM Type 24 J-series piston parking brake chamber. The brake chambers may leak pressure allowing the parking brake to drag when it is supposed to be released. Brake dragging could lead to overheated brake components.

The risk

Overheated brake components could result in a fire.

The remedy

Volvo will notify owners and the brake chambers will be replaced as needed, free of charge. The safety recall is expected to begin on, or before, June 17, 2013. Owners may contact Volvo at 1-336-393-2000. Volvos campaign recall number is RVXX1302.

6 model years covered

Newest first

Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls	Crashes
2013 Volvo VHD	1	6	0
2013 Volvo VNL	7	14	1
2012 Volvo VHD	0	11	0
2012 Volvo VNL	5	14	1
2011 Volvo VHD	0	9	0
2011 Volvo VNL	4	12	0

What this page is, and what to do next

A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.

This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 13V152000.

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