NHTSA campaign 06V441000 · Volvo campaign R155
Volvo Recall 06V-441: THROTTLE CONTROL MALFUNCTION
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 06V441000 (Volvo campaign R155) was reported by VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC. on November 15, 2006, with 170,099 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Volvo C70, Volvo C70 Convertible, Volvo V70 and more for model years 1999–2002. Owners were notified on December 29, 2006, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 06V441000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 06V441000 (also written 06V-441 or 06V441)
- Filed by
- VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC.
- Volvo campaign number
- R155
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 170,099 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Vehicle Speed Control
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Engineering Analysis EA05-021 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 06V441000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Volvo
Volvo C70
Volvo C70 Convertible
Volvo S60
Volvo S70
Volvo S80
Volvo V70
Volvo V70XC
Volvo XC70
- 2001 · Vehicles built February 22, 2000 – August 27, 2001 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 06V441000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, A COMBINATION OF THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR IRREGULARITIES, A DIRTY THROTTLE HOUSING, AND/OR INEFFICIENT SOFTWARE CALIBRATION MAY CAUSE A WARNING LAMP TO LIGHT AND THE SUBSEQUENT ONSET OF LIMP HOME MODES.
Safety consequence
THIS RESULTED IN A HIGH NUMBER OF VEHICLES GOING INTO THE LIMP HOME MODE WITHOUT NEED.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL THE CURRENT SOFTWARE UPGRADE ONTO THE INVOLVED VEHICLES. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 29, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO AT 1-800-458-1552.
Notes
VOLVO RECALL NO. R155. CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 06V441000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.