Volvo Trucks North America: Forward Collision Avoidance › Crash Imminent Braking
Volvo Trucks North America reported this defect to federal regulators on Jun 20, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,025. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Volvo Trucks of North America (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2011-2015 VNL and 2014-2015 VNM trucks manufactured November 17, 2010, through February 5, 2014, and equipped with enhanced cruise control and without side fairings. In the affected vehicles, the active braking component of the enhanced cruise control can become disabled.
The risk
If the active braking feature becomes disabled, the vehicle may not automatically activate the brakes as intended when the enhanced cruise control system is in use, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will update the control unit software, free of charge. The recall began on August 12, 2014. Owners may contact Volvo customer service at 1-800-528-6586. Volvo's number for this recall is RVXX1402.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Volvo VNL | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Volvo VNM | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Volvo VNL | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 Volvo VNM | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Volvo VNL | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 Volvo VNL | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 Volvo VNL | 4 | 12 | 0 | 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 14V356000.
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