Volvo Vn, Wxll, Wx, Vhd. Published by Transport Canada as 2003122 on 5 May 2003. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the upper forward and/or rear drive axle seat may break potentially allowing the affected axle to shift out of alignment. This condition could result in loss of axle stability and potential for vehicle crash. Correction: Dealer will replace suspect upper axle seats.
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Volvo VN in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003122
- Recall date
- 5 May 2003
- Make
- Volvo
- Models
- VN, WXLL, WX, VHD
- Model years
- 2002
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Recalls Audit
- Vehicles affected
- 40
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the upper forward and/or rear drive axle seat may break potentially allowing the affected axle to shift out of alignment. This condition could result in loss of axle stability and potential for vehicle crash. Correction: Dealer will replace suspect upper axle seats.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2003122.
Volvo elsewhere in this register
Volvo is named on 312 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2003108 · 22 April 2003 · VHD · Seats And Restraints
- 2003159 · 19 June 2003 · VNL, VNM · Suspension
- 2003056 · 7 March 2003 · VNL · Other
- 2003203 · 28 August 2003 · VNL · Electrical
- 2003222 · 10 September 2003 · WX, WXLL · Brakes
- 2003225 · 10 September 2003 · S60 AWD · Label
- 2003226 · 12 September 2003 · XC70, V70, S80 · Other
- 2003235 · 10 October 2003 · XC90 · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2003140 · 23 May 2003 · Accent · Suspension
- 2003117 · 30 April 2003 · Outback, Legacy, Baja · Suspension
- 2003159 · 19 June 2003 · VNL, VNM · Suspension
- 2003055 · 7 March 2003 · Cooper, Cooper S · Suspension
- 2003167 · 7 July 2003 · Outback, Legacy · Suspension
- 2003179 · 29 July 2003 · Argosy, FLD, FLB · Suspension
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Volvo VHD, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Volvo: 312 in the register, and 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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