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The high-voltage battery may experience a short circuit within the battery module when the battery is fully charged and the vehicle is parked.","consequence":"A short circuit in a high-voltage battery increases the risk of a fire.","remedy":"Owners are advised not to charge their vehicles until the remedy has been completed.  Dealers will inspect and replace the high-voltage battery module as necessary.  In addition, dealers will update the software to monitor the battery.  All repairs will be performed free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 28, 2025.  Owners may contact Volvo Car's customer service at 1-800-458-1552.  Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10312.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"R10312","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"23V001000","component":"STEERING","mfr":"Volvo Car USA, LLC","reported":"2023-01-05","owner_notified":"2023-01-31","units":74,"summary":"Volvo Car USA, LLC (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2019-2022 V60CC, XC60, and XC90 vehicles.  During steering gear assembly, double screws may have been assembled on top of each other, which can cause a screw to fall into the gearbox housing.","consequence":"A screw inside the gearbox housing can cause the steering wheel to lock up and increase the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the steering gear, free of charge.  Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 1, 2023.  Owners may contact Volvo Car's customer service at 1-800-458-1552.  Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10213.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"R10213","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"21V414000","component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","mfr":"Volvo Car USA, LLC","reported":"2021-06-02","owner_notified":"2021-07-02","units":85550,"summary":"Volvo Car USA, LLC (Volvo Car) is recalling certain 2019-2020 V90, XC60, S60, V60, V60CC, S90, V90CC, S90L, and XC90 vehicles.  The low-pressure fuel pump can blow a fuse and fail.","consequence":"Failure of the low-pressure fuel pump can cause a stall, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the fuse, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed July 2, 2021.  Owners may contact Volvo Car customer service at 1-888-458-1552.  Volvo Car's number for this recall is R10100.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"R10100","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"20V144000","component":"FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE:SOFTWARE:PEDESTRIAN/CYCLIST/OBJECT/OBSTACLE/ RECOGNITION","mfr":"Volvo Car USA LLC","reported":"2020-03-12","owner_notified":"2020-04-09","units":121605,"summary":"Volvo Cars USA LLC (Volvo Cars) is recalling certain 2019-2020 S60, V60, V60 Cross Country, S90L, V90, V90 Cross Country, XC40, XC60, and XC90 vehicles.  Due to a software/hardware incompatibility, the Automatic Emergency Brake (AEB) system may not detect obstacles and engage as intended.","consequence":"If the automatic emergency braking system does not engage as intended, it can increase the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will update the Active Safety Domain Master (ASDM) software, free of charge.  The recall began April 9, 2020.  Owners may contact Volvo customer service at 1-800-458-1552.  Volvo's number for this recall is R29998.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"R29998","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"minor"}],"recall_count":4,"critical_count":1,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":66,"grade":"D","complaints":{"count":12,"crash":0,"fire":0,"injured":0,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Service Brakes",4],["Electrical System",4],["Visibility/Wiper",2],["Seat Belts",1],["Fuel/Propulsion System",1],["Engine",1]],"by_year":{"2020":3,"2021":2,"2022":1,"2024":2,"2025":2,"2026":2},"excerpts":[["2026-03-19","Engine","I am reporting an ongoing and worsening defect condition involving a Volvo vehicle that has displayed repeated power steering / steering failure warnings and is now also showing additional symptoms consistent with a possible turbo / emissions-related failure. The steering-related warnings have remained active and unres\u2026"],["2025-07-18","Structure","Occurring 7/10/2025 WATER LEAK CONCERN:: mildew smell coming from the vehicle, trunk is wet and smelling mildew. have gaps on the rear sunroof glass seal. recommend replacing rear sunroof glass seal, replaced all the drain hoses, remove all the carpets and dry them\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwater incursion may have affected electrical systems\u2026"],["2025-05-08","Fuel/Propulsion System","Me and my partners safety was put at risk when the vehicle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s high pressure fuel pump went out, shut the car down, and left us stranded in the middle of two lane traffic. What was scarier was how the vehicle couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be manually overridden to shift into neutral to push the vehicle to safety away from oncoming traffi\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"DP22005","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM","opened":"2023-01-27","closed":"2023-08-07","campaign":"22V063000","subject":"Pedestrian alert sounds","summary":"NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matt"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"SW AWD","overall":5,"frontal":4,"side":5,"rollover":5,"rollover_risk":0.099,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"No","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":30,"ncap":5,"complaints":12},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}