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Passenger car - Volvo S80, V70, XC70, XC60 – Volvo

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 9 Jul 2009In the weekly report of 10 Jul 2009 (week 26, 2009)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car - Volvo S80, V70, XC70, XC60
Brand
Volvo (124 alerts)
Type / model
S80, V70, XC60, XC70
Description
The recall concerns XC60/S80/V70/XC70 cars (model year 2008-2009), equipped with engines B6324S/B6304T2/B8444S/D5244T4/D5244T5/D5244T10 (excluding XC60 D5244T5 with manual transmission, S80 5 cyl diesel engines with manual transmission and S80/V70/XC70 with 6 cyl petrol engines in East Europe, Korea and China). <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/images/rapex/2009-w26/0905-09.pdf">See attached list</a>.
Risk
The product poses a risk of injuries because the engine cooling fan may permanently stop working due to a software error in the Fan Control Module (FCM). If the fan stops it may cause reduced Air Condition (AC) performance and the driver will normally be informed of the increased coolant temperature by a yellow information lamp and the following written message: "reduce speed". However, if the engine temperature continues to rise, a red warning lamp will light up and text instructions will indicate that the car should be stopped safely. In this specific failure mode, the deviation may lead to a rapid increase in coolant temperature and the driver may not notice the indication lamps and the text messages. The situation could result in boiling coolant, loss of coolant and eventually engine damage or engine break down, which may lead to accidents.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer
Notifying country
Greece
Country of origin
Sweden
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0905/09
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2009-26 (XML)
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