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Volvo S90 2017–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin PB-R39917-2018-1 · NHTSA communication 10156246 · issued Dec 4, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017–2019
model years
22
vehicle entries

Official summary

Volvo Car USA LLC and Volvo Car Canada LTD (Volvo) on behalf of Volvo Car Group, has decided to launch Recall R39917 on certain model year 2017 ? 2019 XC90, S90, V60CC, V90, XC40, V60, XC60, V90CC vehicles. Volvo has identified that the Telematics and Driver Support Systems may not function as designed due to a software error in the Vehicle Connectivity Module (VCM). This could result in the vehicle not providing the GPS location, increasing the risk of no emergency response. The corrective action is to complete a Total Upgrade on all affected vehicles. A total of 17,548 U.S. and 1,461 Canadia

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.