Volvo 9700. Published by Transport Canada as 2020639 on 21 December 2020. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain buses, the C1 drive hub in the transmission may fail. If this happens, there could be a loss of power to the drive wheels when the bus comes to a stop. This can disable the bus and make it unable to move under its own power.
Note: This recall only affects certain buses built with an Allison B500 …
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Volvo 9700 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Volvo 9700 is named on 31 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020639
- Recall date
- 21 December 2020
- Make
- Volvo
- Models
- 9700
- Model years
- 2015 to 2020
- Vehicle class
- Bus
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 18
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain buses, the C1 drive hub in the transmission may fail. If this happens, there could be a loss of power to the drive wheels when the bus comes to a stop. This can disable the bus and make it unable to move under its own power.
Note: This recall only affects certain buses built with an Allison B500 transmission.Safety Risk:
A bus that is disabled could create the need for a transfer of passengers in an uncontrolled environment, which may create a risk of injury.Corrective Actions:
Volvo will notify owners by mail and instruct them to take their vehicle to a Volvo service center to update the Transmission Control Module software.
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 2020639.
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.
- 2020618 · 15 December 2020 · VNR, VHD, Vah · Brakes
- 2020467 · 5 October 2020 · VNL · Structure
- 2020417 · 3 September 2020 · VNL, VNR, VHD · Brakes
- 2020390 · 25 August 2020 · XC60 · Visual System
- 2020306 · 3 July 2020 · VNL · Suspension
- 2020298 · 30 June 2020 · S80, V70, XC70 · Seats And Restraints
- 2020099 · 13 March 2020 · V60 Cross Country, S90, XC40 · Brakes
- 2021003 · 7 January 2021 · XC90, XC60, V60 · Airbag
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020643 · 23 December 2020 · Durastar, Workstar, MV · Powertrain
- 2020626 · 17 December 2020 · Accord Hybrid, Insight · Powertrain
- 2020609 · 10 December 2020 · Accord · Powertrain
- 2020610 · 10 December 2020 · Fit, Civic Hybrid, Ilx · Powertrain
- 2020601 · 8 December 2020 · M56, M35 Hybrid · Powertrain
- 2020571 · 25 November 2020 · Fjr1300 · Powertrain
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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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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