# NHTSA recall 10V579000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 10V579000
- Manufacturer's number: R234
- Manufacturer: VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC.
- Reported: 2010\-11\-17
- Owners notified: 2010\-12\-13
- Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- Units potentially affected: 6046

## What is wrong

VOLVO IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011, S80, S60, XC70 AND XC60 VEHICLES.   THE SOFTWARE CALIBRATION FOR THE FUEL CUT\-OFF FUNCTIONALITY IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECM\) IS TOO SENSITIVE.


## What can happen

SUDDEN ENGINE STALL COULD OCCUR INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL UPDATE THE ECM AND TCM WITH NEW SOFTWARE FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 10, 2010.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO AT 1\-800\-458\-1552 OR AT CUSTOMERCARE@VOLVOFORLIFE.COM.


## Notes

VOLVO SAFETY RECALL NO. R234.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2011 VOLVO S60](/makes/volvo/s60/2011/recalls.md)
- [2011 VOLVO S80](/makes/volvo/s80/2011/recalls.md)
- [2011 VOLVO XC60](/makes/volvo/xc60/2011/recalls.md)
- [2011 VOLVO XC70](/makes/volvo/xc70/2011/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [35526.1.8](/bulletins/11032678.md), 2026-05-14, Service bulletin
- [TJ29871](/bulletins/10234760.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin
- [TJ34740](/bulletins/10234698.md), 2023-04-24, Service bulletin
- [CBR\-2201](/bulletins/10219421.md), 2022-09-08, Service bulletin
- [SJ1000167\-2020\-0](/bulletins/10172464.md), 2020-03-16, Service bulletin
- [TJ21965.7.0\-2019](/bulletins/10169030.md), 2019-12-09, Service bulletin
- [TJ20803\-17\-0\-201](/bulletins/10159079.md), 2019-04-22, Service bulletin
- [TJ21965\-5\-0\-2019](/bulletins/10157864.md), 2019-04-08, Service bulletin
- [TJ21965\-5\-0\-2019](/bulletins/10156257.md), 2019-04-01, Service bulletin
- [TJ20803](/bulletins/10148809.md), 2018-11-19, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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