The risk
Excessive carbon deposits could build up in the intake system of the engine.Additionally, the intake valve could leak.Consequently, the temperature of the intake air could rise, causing the engine intake manifold to melt and deform. This could lead to the engine to stop increasing the risk of accidents or even the engine bay to catch fire.
Product: Passenger car equipped with four-cylinder diesel engine D4204T5 (engine code 73) D4204T4 (AR) and D4204T14 (A8) under Volvo recall code: R29948
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged
Measures taken
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Distributor Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: Unknown
Models on CarsLore
The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.
Other fire alerts in 2019
50 of the 509 motor vehicle alerts published in 2019 concerned the same risk.
| A12/1953/19 13 Dec 2019 | Volvo S60, V60, V40, V40CC, S90, V90, V90CC and XC90 |
| A12/1765/19 29 Nov 2019 | Polaris Ranger Diesel |
| A12/1802/19 29 Nov 2019 | Mercedes-Benz Unimog |
| A12/1725/19 22 Nov 2019 | Polaris Ranger XP 1000 |
| A12/1749/19 22 Nov 2019 | Mercedes-Benz Actros, Antos, Arocs, Atego, Econic |
| A12/1752/19 22 Nov 2019 | Mercedes-Benz Vito |
| A12/1604/19 1 Nov 2019 | Emerson/Tescom Gas pressure regulator |
| A12/1606/19 1 Nov 2019 | Mercedes-Benz Econic |
Who notified alerts in 2019
| Notifying country | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Germany | 335 |
| United Kingdom | 47 |
| Portugal | 45 |
| France | 39 |
| Italy | 12 |
| Poland | 10 |
Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2019
More Volvo alerts
122 EU Safety Gate alerts for Volvo since 2006; the most were issued in 2010 (14).
| Sr/02940/26 Injuries | Oct 2026 |
| Volvo Fire | Jul 2026 |
| Sr/00945/26 Injuries | Apr 2026 |
| Volvo Injuries | Feb 2026 |
| Fhe, fme, fmle Injuries | Nov 2025 |
| Ex90 Injuries | Oct 2025 |
| Sr/03370/25 Injuries | Sept 2025 |
| S60, v60, xc60, s90, s90l, v90, xc90, ec40, xc/ex40 Injuries | Jul 2025 |