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Service bulletin SPJ3070120160419

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 id10087107
Published by NHTSA2016-12-22
Manufacturer's numberSPJ3070120160419
Manufacturer's date2016-04-19
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

NHTSA's summary

THIS IS A SERVICE PRODUCT JOURNAL : THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ISSUE WITH VIDA 2015 AND BATTERY TESTING HAS BEEN RESOLVED. VIDA 2015 BATTERY TESTING IS THE ONLY APPROVED METHOD FOR PRODUCING BATTERY TEST CODES. THE USE OF VIDA CLASSIC OR OTHER MEASURING TOOLS IS NOT CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE WHEN SUBMITTING WARRANTY CLAIMS.

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

Electrical system, 12-volt battery

Vehicles listed
VOLVO 7001997 to 1998
VOLVO 7002000
VOLVO 7002003
VOLVO 7401998
VOLVO 7402000
VOLVO 7402002
VOLVO 7451997 to 1998
VOLVO 7651997 to 1998
VOLVO 7801997 to 1999
VOLVO 7802005 to 2006
VOLVO 7802009 to 2010
VOLVO 8501997 to 2000
VOLVO 8541997
VOLVO 8551997
VOLVO 8552000
VOLVO 9001997 to 1998
VOLVO 9401997 to 1998
VOLVO 9451997 to 1998
VOLVO 9601997 to 1998
VOLVO 9641997
VOLVO 9651997 to 1998
VOLVO C302007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLVO C701997
VOLVO C701998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
VOLVO C702005
VOLVO C702006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
VOLVO C70 CONVERTIBLE1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLVO C70 COUPE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLVO C70 COUPE2005
VOLVO C70N2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLVO C902007
VOLVO COTTRELL1999
VOLVO CROSS COUNTRY2008
VOLVO P152006
VOLVO S402000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
VOLVO S402012
VOLVO S40N2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLVO S601999 to 2000
VOLVO S602001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
VOLVO S602010
VOLVO S602011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLVO S701997
VOLVO S701998, 1999, 2000
VOLVO S702002
VOLVO S801999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLVO S901997
VOLVO S901998
VOLVO S901999
VOLVO S902016
VOLVO S902017
VOLVO V402000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
VOLVO V402007
VOLVO V502004
VOLVO V502005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
VOLVO V502012 to 2013
VOLVO V602011 to 2014
VOLVO V602015, 2016, 2017
VOLVO V701997
VOLVO V701998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
VOLVO V702011 to 2012
VOLVO V70AWD1998 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLVO V70XC1997
VOLVO V70XC1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
VOLVO V901997
VOLVO V901998
VOLVO V901999
VOLVO X701999
VOLVO XC602008 to 2009
VOLVO XC602010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
VOLVO XC701999 to 2003
VOLVO XC702004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
VOLVO XC902003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
VOLVO XC902016, 2017

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

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