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Volvo have a ground cable that may have been improperly installed, resulting in inadequate electrical contact.

NHTSA campaign 17V-173 · Reported March 14, 2017 · 70 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Volvo 9700
VEHICLES AFFECTED
70
REMEDY
Volvo Bus will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and correct the ground wire installation, as necessary, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Volvo Bus Corporation reported a problem with the electrical system wiring. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

These vehicles have a ground cable that may have been improperly installed, resulting in inadequate electrical contact. The poor contact may cause the power feed relay to fail and the engine to stall.

WHY IT MATTERS

An unexpected engine shutdown increases the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Volvo Bus will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and correct the ground wire installation, as necessary, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 17V-173.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2016–2017Volvo 9700

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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