# NHTSA recall 20V144000

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: 20V144000
- Manufacturer's number: R29998
- Manufacturer: Volvo Car USA LLC
- Reported: 2020\-03\-12
- Owners notified: 2020\-04\-09
- Component: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE:SOFTWARE:PEDESTRIAN/CYCLIST/OBJECT/OBSTACLE/ RECOGNITION
- Units potentially affected: 121605

## What is wrong

Volvo Cars USA LLC \(Volvo Cars\) is recalling certain 2019\-2020 S60, V60, V60 Cross Country, S90L, V90, V90 Cross Country, XC40, XC60, and XC90 vehicles.  Due to a software/hardware incompatibility, the Automatic Emergency Brake \(AEB\) system may not detect obstacles and engage as intended.


## What can happen

If the automatic emergency braking system does not engage as intended, it can increase the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will update the Active Safety Domain Master \(ASDM\) software, free of charge.  The recall began April 9, 2020.  Owners may contact Volvo customer service at 1\-800\-458\-1552.  Volvo's number for this recall is R29998.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 2 to 2025 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-04\-02
- Vehicles in the campaign: 121605
- Reported remedied: 121000 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 22

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 quarter 1, 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

- [2019 VOLVO S60](/makes/volvo/s60/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO S60](/makes/volvo/s60/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 VOLVO S90](/makes/volvo/s90/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO S90](/makes/volvo/s90/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 VOLVO V60](/makes/volvo/v60/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO V60](/makes/volvo/v60/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 VOLVO V60CC](/makes/volvo/v60cc/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO V60CC](/makes/volvo/v60cc/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 VOLVO V90](/makes/volvo/v90/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO V90](/makes/volvo/v90/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 VOLVO V90CC](/makes/volvo/v90cc/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO V90CC](/makes/volvo/v90cc/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 VOLVO XC40](/makes/volvo/xc40/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO XC40](/makes/volvo/xc40/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 VOLVO XC60](/makes/volvo/xc60/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO XC60](/makes/volvo/xc60/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 VOLVO XC90](/makes/volvo/xc90/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 VOLVO XC90](/makes/volvo/xc90/2020/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.

- [36048](/bulletins/11021937.md), 2025-08-18, Service bulletin
- [TJ31514.1.0](/bulletins/11020536.md), 2025-07-09, Service bulletin
- [36048](/bulletins/11016886.md), 2025-04-09, Service bulletin
- [36048](/bulletins/11009511.md), 2024-10-30, Service bulletin
- [37048](/bulletins/11009496.md), 2024-10-30, Service bulletin
- [TJ36512](/bulletins/10249367.md), 2024-01-29, Service bulletin
- [TJ36048.2.0](/bulletins/10248799.md), 2024-01-16, Service bulletin
- [C00009](/bulletins/10241661.md), 2023-09-05, Service bulletin
- [TJ3662910](/bulletins/10241655.md), 2023-09-05, Service bulletin
- [TJ36512.2.0](/bulletins/10236774.md), 2023-05-30, 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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