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Volvo XC90 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin S79852-2019-05-0 · NHTSA communication 10161769 · issued May 8, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Volvo Car USA LLC and Volvo Car Canada LTD (Volvo) on behalf of Volvo Car Corporation, have decided to launch Service Action S79852 on certain model year 2016 XC90 vehicles equipped with air suspension. Volvo has identified that the rear air spring dust cover may fall down. The corrective action is to replace the existing cable ties on both rear air spring dust covers with a steel clamp per the attached instructions.

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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.