Volvo 240 1975–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TJ31946.1.2-2019 · NHTSA communication 10169394 · issued Nov 19, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1975–2019
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
This is a Technical Journal: Swapping control modules from vehicle to vehicle for diagnostics should be avoided. Swapping control modules may result in consequential damage to the swapped control module and in certain cases several other control modules in the vehicle. Swapping the Driver Information Module (DIM) is strictly forbidden as the DIM it is the main carrier of the odometer function, and will, in case of swapping, result in manipulated odometer value. Service: Please do NOT swap any control modules from vehicle to vehicle for testing, unless instructed to do so in a Vehicle Report by
Vehicles covered
- 1975 Volvo 240
- 1976 Volvo 240
- 1978 Volvo 240
- 1980 Volvo 240
- 1981 Volvo 240
- 1982 Volvo 240
- 1983 Volvo 240
- 1984 Volvo 240
- 1985 Volvo 240
- 1986 Volvo 240
- 1987 Volvo 240
- 1988 Volvo 240
- 1989 Volvo 240
- 1990 Volvo 240
- 1991 Volvo 240
- 1992 Volvo 240
- 1993 Volvo 240
- 1976 Volvo 260
- 1977 Volvo 260
- 1978 Volvo 260
- 1979 Volvo 260
- 1980 Volvo 260
- 1981 Volvo 260
- 1982 Volvo 260
- 1983 Volvo 260
- 1985 Volvo 740
- 1986 Volvo 740
- 1987 Volvo 740
- 1988 Volvo 740
- 1989 Volvo 740
- 1990 Volvo 740
- 1991 Volvo 740
- 1992 Volvo 740
- 1983 Volvo 760
- 1984 Volvo 760
- 1985 Volvo 760
- 1986 Volvo 760
- 1987 Volvo 760
- 1988 Volvo 760
- 1989 Volvo 760
- 1990 Volvo 760
- 1987 Volvo 780
- 1988 Volvo 780
- 1989 Volvo 780
- 1990 Volvo 780
- 1991 Volvo 780
- 1993 Volvo 850
- 1994 Volvo 850
- 1995 Volvo 850
- 1996 Volvo 850
- 1997 Volvo 850
- 1992 Volvo 940
- 1993 Volvo 940
- 1994 Volvo 940
- 1995 Volvo 940
- 1992 Volvo 960
- 1993 Volvo 960
- 1994 Volvo 960
- 1995 Volvo 960
- 1996 Volvo 960
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.