Volvo Vnl. Published by Transport Canada as 2026139 on 25 March 2026. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain trucks, the brakes may release too slowly when the brake pedal is released. Canadian regulations require brakes to release within a certain time.
Safety Risk:
Brakes that release too slowly could increase the risk of a crash.
Corrective Actions:
Volvo Trucks will notify owners by mail …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, 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.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2026139, dated 25 March 2026. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 26V186, dated 25 March 2026. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, RVXX2602.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2026139 | 26V186 |
| Dated | 25 March 2026 | 25 March 2026 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Volvo | |
Both registers carry the same date for this defect.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 26V186, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
Volvo VNL in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Volvo VNL is named on 64 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2026139
- Recall date
- 25 March 2026
- Make
- Volvo
- Models
- VNL
- Model years
- 2025 to 2026
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 60
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain trucks, the brakes may release too slowly when the brake pedal is released. Canadian regulations require brakes to release within a certain time.Safety Risk:
Brakes that release too slowly could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Volvo Trucks will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your truck to a dealership to install an additional brake release valve and fittings on the air brake system.
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 2026139.
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.
- 2026138 · 25 March 2026 · VNL · Lights And Instruments
- 2026111 · 11 March 2026 · EX30, EX30 Cross Country · Seats And Restraints
- 2026155 · 1 April 2026 · VNL · Lights And Instruments
- 2026203 · 23 April 2026 · VNL, VNR · Brakes
- 2026078 · 20 February 2026 · Ex30 · High Voltage
- 2026262 · 29 May 2026 · VHD, VNL, VN · Wheels
- 2026001 · 2 January 2026 · Ex30 · High Voltage
- 2026335 · 9 July 2026 · VHD, Vne, VN · Steering
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2026109 · 11 March 2026 · Spirit Of Freedom, Spirit Of Mobility · Brakes
- 2026187 · 15 April 2026 · E-Tron, Q8 E-Tron, SQ8 E-Tron · Brakes
- 2026203 · 23 April 2026 · VNL, VNR · Brakes
- 2026204 · 23 April 2026 · Pioneer, Anthem · Brakes
- 2026087 · 26 February 2026 · Ce School Bus · Brakes
- 2026071 · 18 February 2026 · Transit · Brakes
Reading this against the source
This page is what Transport Canada published in the Vehicle Recalls Database, kept as it was read. The authority publishes only its current wording; if a notice is rewritten, the earlier version disappears there and is kept here. The whole register is at /canada, and how the reading is done is set out in the method.
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 VNL, 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 405 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2026.
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