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Volvo bulletin TJ36965.1.0-2024-07-24

What it saysThis is a Technical Journal: Park Assistance System enhanced troubleshooting. NHTSA’s full summary ↓

Volvo filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Aug 1, 2024, received Sep 19, 2024, about the back over prevention. It names 33 model years (2021–2025). 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 communication

This is a Technical Journal: Park Assistance System enhanced troubleshooting. Clean the sensor

Kind Service bulletin Manufacturer date Aug 1, 2024 Received by NHTSA Sep 19, 2024 Components Back Over Prevention

Document filed under this number

DocumentKindDatedNHTSA idAt NHTSA
TJ36965.1.0-2024-07-24Service bulletinAug 1, 202411007924PDF

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.

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Model years it names

Source: as the manufacturer filed them

Also filed against model years this site has no page for: 2022 Volvo Duplicate C40BEV; 2023 Volvo Duplicate C40BEV; 2024 Volvo Duplicate C40BEV; 2025 Volvo Duplicate C40BEV.

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What owners reported

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Owners of the 29 model years this bulletin names have filed 563 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 132 of them name Back Over Prevention — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.

The contact owns a 2024 Volvo S60. The contact stated that while reversing, the rear-view camera was inoperable. The contact stated that the failure recurred while reversing on one occasion, causing another vehicle that was also reversing to crash into the rear driver's side of the vehicle, near the fuel door. A Police report was filed.

2024 Volvo S60 · Back Over Prevention · filed with NHTSA Oct 9, 2026 · ODI 11770091

The contact owns a 2024 Volvo XC90. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the rear-view camera became inoperable. The contact stated the rearview image was blank. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V282000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available.

2024 Volvo XC90 · Back Over Prevention · filed with NHTSA Jul 23, 2025 · ODI 11675656

The contact owns a 2024 Volvo XC40. The contact stated while in reverse (R) and backing up at approximately 2 MPH, the vehicle rear view camera proximity warning lights had failed. The contact described the proximity warning as dots that show a visual progression of how close the rear bumper was to objects, yellow, orange, and red.

2024 Volvo XC40 · Back Over Prevention · filed with NHTSA Jan 14, 2026 · ODI 11710865

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.

More bulletins about the back over prevention

Source: same model, same component group

3 other manufacturer communications filed against these Volvo models under the same component group (back over prevention), newest first.

NumberKindDatedNHTSA’s summary
36965Service bulletinMay 17, 2025This is a Technical Journal: Park Assistance System enhanced troubleshooting. Clean the sensor. Damage is not a matter for warranty.
37123Service bulletinOct 25, 2024This is a Technical Journal: ICUP - Green stripes/pixels in CSD. Perform software upgrade.
A10247aService bulletinSep 26, 2023In the unlikely event this should occur, Customers may complain of lowered vehicle ride height in the rear, harsh/bumpy ride, or noise from…

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5

Is Volvo TJ36965.1.0-2024-07-24 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 TJ36965.1.0-2024-07-24 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 TJ36965.1.0-2024-07-24 cover?

The manufacturer filed it against 33 model years: 2025 Volvo EC40, 2025 Volvo EX40, 2025 Volvo S60, 2024 Volvo S60, 2023 Volvo S60, 2025 Volvo S90 and more. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.