Volvo recalled 14,014 automobiles as a result of they’ll lose braking energy in sure drive modes.
Recalled fashions embrace some, however not all, examples of the:
- 2020-2026 Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid (PHEV)
- 2022-2026 Volvo XC60 PHEV
- 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge
- 2023 Volvo XC40 Recharge
- 2023-2025 Volvo S60 PHEV
- 2024 Volvo XC40
- 2024-2025 Volvo V60 PHEV
- 2025 EC40
- 2025-2026 Volvo EX40
Volvo PHEVs and electrical automobiles (EVs) have a driving mode typically labeled “B mode” and typically “one-pedal driving.” It permits drivers to make use of simply the accelerator pedal, shifting by urgent it and braking by lifting it.
Volvo has found that if a buyer in B mode or one-pedal driving coasts downhill for not less than one minute and 40 seconds, they’ll “expertise a short lived lack of braking performance.”
It’s a software program subject, the corporate says. Sellers will appropriate it with a software program replace. These automobiles can’t obtain software program updates over the air, so homeowners should carry them in to have the patch put in. Software program updates are sometimes fast service appointments.
Recall repairs are at all times free.
Automakers recall many automobiles to repair security defects, typically greater than as soon as. They attempt to contact each proprietor to ask them to carry the automobile in for restore, however they not often attain all of them. Hundreds of thousands of automobiles on American roads want free recall repairs. To search out out in case your automobile is one in all them, examine the straightforward VIN instrument at our recall middle.
