{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Volvo Trucks recall 11V294 (RVXX1104): Volvo VHD, Volvo VNL, Volvo VNM (2012)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v294/",
  "summary": "Recall 11V294 (Volvo): THIS CAN RESULT IN SEAM WELD FRACTURE WHEN TORQUE IS APPLIED. ONCE THE TUBE SEAM WELD IS FRACTURED, THE DRIVELINE MAY BECOME INOP...",
  "excerpt": "Volvo Vhd, Volvo Vnl, Volvo Vnm, model year 2012. Filed by Volvo Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 20 May 2011. 341 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Volvo trucks is recalling certain model year 2012 vhd, vnl, and vnm trucks equipped with a meritor driveline. the tubing used to assemble the drivelines has a nonconforming seam weld with insufficient bonding of the material. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Volvo's own number for this recall: RVXX1104. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V294 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THIS CAN RESULT IN SEAM WELD FRACTURE WHEN TORQUE IS APPLIED. ONCE THE TUBE SEAM WELD IS FRACTURED, THE DRIVELINE MAY BECOME INOPERABLE, WHICH MAY RESULT IN A DISABLED VEHICLE OR DEBRIS FROM THE DRIVELINE FALLING ONTO THE ROADWAY, BOTH OF W…” 11V294 VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA Power Train:Driveline 20 May 2011 2012-2012 VOLVO VHD, VOLVO VNL, VOLVO VNM THIS CAN RESULT IN SEAM WELD FRACTURE WHEN TORQUE IS APPLIED. ONCE THE TUBE SEAM WE",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-09-05T16:51:11+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-17T04:53:30+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Volvo Trucks recall 11V294 (RVXX1104): Volvo VHD, Volvo VNL, Volvo VNM (2012)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v294/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}