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Service bulletin TJ-US16761

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10037893
Published by NHTSA2011-06-07
Manufacturer's numberTJ-US16761
Manufacturer's date2012-05-25
ReplacesTJ-16761-1.13
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

VOLVO: THERE IS A SOFTWARE UPDATE. *RM UPDATED 4/11/2012. *KB UPDATED 4/13/12. *PE UPDATED 5/15/12. *PE UPDATED 6/4/12. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
VOLVO C701999, 2000, 2001, 2002
VOLVO C70 CONVERTIBLE1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLVO S402004, 2005, 2006
VOLVO S602001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
VOLVO S602011
VOLVO S701999, 2000
VOLVO S801999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
VOLVO S802011
VOLVO V502005, 2006
VOLVO V701999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
VOLVO XC602011
VOLVO XC702001 to 2003
VOLVO XC702004, 2005, 2006, 2007
VOLVO XC702011
VOLVO XC902003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
12V3170002012-07-06. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TJ321692018-11-05. Service bulletin. This is a Technical Journal: rough shift at N to D or down coast from 5 to 4 then follow service. Install parts kit.
TJ321692018-10-29. Service bulletin. This is a Technical Journal: rough shift at N to D or down coast from 5 to 4 then follow service. Install parts kit.
SB-493252013-08-06. Service bulletin. VOLVO: ON SOME VEHICLES, THE SOFTWARE FOR TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) FAILS TO CONTAIN OPTIMAL CALIBRATION SETTINGS, AND WOULD NEED TO INSTALL UPGRADED TCM SOFTWARE. MODELS 2003-2005 XC90. *PE
TJ-260912012-05-01. Service bulletin. VOLVO: HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION. *KB
TJ-259942012-04-11. Service bulletin. VOLVO: WHEN SHIFTING FROM 5TH TO 4TH GEAR, WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT IS JERKING OR HARSH SHIFTING. *PE UPDATED 6/4/12. *PE
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192732008-08-30. Service bulletin. CLUNKING DURING SHIFTING AND VIBRATION THROUGH FLOOR. S40 AND V50 CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF A CLUNKING NOISE DURING SHIFTING OR WHEN APPLYING AND RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE ON CARS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS. *PE
432 0252008-08-14. Service bulletin. SP 432-025, CONTROL UNIT, GEAR SELECTOR REPLACEMENT; AT2512C, ATO2512C, AT2812C, ATO3112C. *PE
43512006-08-22. Service bulletin. TRANSFERRING COMPONENTS DURING TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. *TT
43492006-05-17. Service bulletin. AW55 TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE 010A, 010B, 010C SHIFT SOLENOID S5 SIGNAL LOW, HIGH OR MISSING. *AK