Volvo bulletin 36889
What it saysThis is a Technical Journal: Key Fob Programming Failing. 1) Remove all the Keys and NFC cards. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Volvo filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Feb 28, 2025, received Oct 30, 2024 — 3 documents under this number. It names 1 model year (2025). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationThis is a Technical Journal: Key Fob Programming Failing. 1) Remove all the Keys and NFC cards. Ensure that you have all the Keys and NFC cards from the customer. 2) Pair the key fobs (maximum of 2 fobs) as per the instructions for software download script. 3) Then pair the NFC key cards as per the instructions in software download script.
Documents filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36889 | Service bulletin | Feb 28, 2025 | 11016011 | |
| 36889 | Service bulletin | Oct 17, 2024 | 11009809 | |
| 36889 | Service bulletin | Sep 12, 2024 | 11009504 |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA since 2015.
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Volvo 36889 a recall?
No. A service bulletin is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the 36889 repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way.
Which vehicles does 36889 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2025 Volvo EX30. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.