{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "DVSA recall R/2018/224: Volvo Car XC40 (Rear seat back lock strikers may be missing on both sides of the seat)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recall/r-2018-224/",
  "summary": "Volvo Car XC40: Rear seat back lock strikers may be missing on both sides of the seat. DVSA reference R/2018/224, launched 17 August 2018, 15 vehicles. Defect",
  "excerpt": "Volvo Car Xc40. Published by the DVSA as R/2018/224 on 17 August 2018. Concern: Rear seat back lock strikers may be missing on both sides of the seat. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at the DVSA , 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 / UK recalls A recall published by DVSA, the British vehicle safety authority, with every version of its wording that this site has read. Unchanged since first read. R/2018/224 17 August 2018 Volvo Car (listed as VOLVO CAR) R89898 15 XC40 15 20 June 2018 21 June 2018 Nothing yet. The wording has been the same on every read since 4 September 2026. The file is read again every day; if DVSA rewrites the defect, remedy or concern, the old and new text will appear here with both dates. Transport Canada recall 2018430, 15 August 2018 Matched through the manufacturer's own reference (R89898), which the registers share. See the same recall, Britain and America . Check this recall on the DVSA service Read from DVSA's bulk recalls file (RecallsFile.csv, 7 MB) on 17 September 2026; this recall first read on 4 September 2026, read 15 times since. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA, Check vehicle recalls . CarsMultiverse is an independent site, not an authority: the official notice is the one on the DVSA service",
  "register": {
    "authority": "DVSA",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recalls/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2018-08-17T09:00:00+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T12:00:00+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"DVSA recall R/2018/224: Volvo Car XC40 (Rear seat back lock strikers may be missing on both sides of the seat)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recall/r-2018-224/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}