The defect
Volvo Bus Corporation (Volvo Bus) is recalling certain 2015-2020 9700 buses. The transmission C1 hub may fail which may lead to a disabled vehicle.
The risk
A disabled bus may require passengers to transfer to a different bus on the side of the road, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Volvo Bus will notify owners, and dealers will update the Transmission Control Module (TCM) calibration software, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin February 12, 2021. Owners may contact Volvo Bus customer service at 1-866-870-2046.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
Components: 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 | 2015 | 0 | 7 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2016 | 0 | 9 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2017 | 0 | 10 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2018 | 0 | 9 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2019 | 0 | 6 |
| Volvo Bus 9700 | 2020 | 0 | 8 |
Other power train recalls in 2020
52 of the 782 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2020 concerned the power train; Volvo Bus Corporation filed 26 campaigns in all.
| 20V813000 28 Dec 2020 | Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA |
| 20V769000 10 Dec 2020 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 20V770000 10 Dec 2020 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 20V755000 7 Dec 2020 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 20V742000 30 Nov 2020 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 20V731000 24 Nov 2020 | Bugatti |
| 20V692000 10 Nov 2020 | Ford Motor Company |
| 20V691000 10 Nov 2020 | Ford Motor Company |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2020