The defect
Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 VAH, VHD, VNL, and VNM trucks manufactured February 1, 2010, through September 30, 2010 and June 1, 2011, through November 30, 2011. The windshield wiper motor may fail.
The risk
Inoperable wipers may result in poor driver visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volvo will notify owners and dealers will replace the windshield wiper motor, free of charge. The recallbegan on December 6, 2013. Owners may contact Volvo at 1-336-393-2000. Volvo's recall number is RVXX1304.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Volvo VAH | 2011, 2012 |
| Volvo VHD | 2011, 2012 |
| Volvo VNL | 2011, 2012 |
| Volvo VNM | 2011, 2012 |
Components: VISIBILITY/WIPER
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volvo VAH | 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| Volvo VAH | 2012 | 0 | 6 |
| Volvo VHD | 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| Volvo VHD | 2012 | 0 | 11 |
| Volvo VNL | 2011 | 4 | 12 |
| Volvo VNL | 2012 | 5 | 14 |
| Volvo VNM | 2011 | 0 | 6 |
| Volvo VNM | 2012 | 0 | 10 |
Other visibility/wiper recalls in 2013
4 of the 627 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2013 concerned the visibility/wiper; Volvo Trucks North America filed 105 campaigns in all.
| 13V183000 8 May 2013 | Autocar, LLC |
| 13V078000 5 Mar 2013 | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| 13V030000 30 Jan 2013 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2013