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Service bulletin S39920-2019-10-1

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10169034
Published by NHTSA2019-12-09
Manufacturer's numberS39920-2019-10-1
Manufacturer's date2019-10-17
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE

NHTSA's summary

Volvo Car USA LLC and Volvo Car of Canada Ltd (Volvo) on behalf of Volvo Car Corporation, has decided to launch Service Action S39920 on certain model year 2019 - 2020 XC40 vehicles. Volvo has identified that the tailgate handle may crack under certain conditions. As a preventive measure, Volvo has developed a modification to the tailgate handle that involves installation of 2 bushings and 2 new tailgate handle mounting screws.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
VOLVO XC402019, 2020

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

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