# NHTSA recall 15V497000

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: 15V497000
- Manufacturer: Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC
- Reported: 2015\-08\-06
- Owners notified: 2015\-09\-21
- Component: AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- Units potentially affected: 3911

## What is wrong

Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC \(Volvo\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Volvo XC90 vehicles manufactured January 27, 2015, to July 10, 2015. The third row seating side curtain air bags may not fully inflate.


## What can happen

Underinflated air bags may not fully protect third row occupants, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.


## The remedy

Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will modify the D\-pillar interior panels to allow full inflation of the third row airbags, free of charge. The recall began on September 21, 2015.  Owners may contact Volvo Customer Care at 1\-800\-458\-1552.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-01\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 3911
- Reported remedied: 3779 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 69
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2016 VOLVO XC90](/makes/volvo/xc90/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-01\-27 to 2015\-07\-10.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [TJ31120](/bulletins/10205672.md), 2021-12-27, Service bulletin
- [ST\-211\-2017\-01\-2](/bulletins/10167842.md), 2019-11-18, Service bulletin
- [PB87\-R89707\-2016](/bulletins/10167803.md), 2019-11-18, Service bulletin
- [TJ33070 1 0\-2017](/bulletins/10128169.md), 2018-02-05, Service bulletin
- [SMB00\-325\-2017\-1](/bulletins/10128123.md), 2018-02-05, 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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