The defect
Volvo Bus Corporation (Volvo Bus) is recalling certain model year 2008-2017 9700 buses manufactured January 7, 2008, to August 25, 2016. The affected vehicles are equipped with a power feed relay for the engine and transmission which may be undersized for the application, causing the relay to fail and the engine to stall.
The risk
An unexpected engine shutdown increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volvo Bus will notify owners, and dealers will replace the existing relay with a larger, more robust, relay, free of charge. The recall began on December 20, 2016. Owners may contact Volvo Bus customer service at 1-877-773-8678. Volvo Bus' number for this recall is SR16-86.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
Components: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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 Bus 9700 | 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2009 | 0 | 14 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2010 | 0 | 14 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2011 | 0 | 13 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2012 | 0 | 11 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2013 | 0 | 12 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2014 | 0 | 6 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2015 | 0 | 7 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2016 | 0 | 9 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2017 | 0 | 10 |
Other electrical system recalls in 2016
92 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the electrical system; Volvo Bus Corporation filed 26 campaigns in all.
| 16V936000 28 Dec 2016 | Maserati North America, Inc. |
| 16V938000 28 Dec 2016 | Navistar, Inc. |
| 16V951000 27 Dec 2016 | Kalmar Solutions, LLC |
| 16V950000 23 Dec 2016 | ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, LLC |
| 16V923000 22 Dec 2016 | Pierce Manufacturing |
| 16V920000 21 Dec 2016 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 16V915000 21 Dec 2016 | Bluecar SAS |
| 16V919000 21 Dec 2016 | BMW of North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016