Volvo S60, Volvo S80, Volvo V60, Volvo Xc60, Volvo Xc70, model year 2016. Filed by Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC and reported to NHTSA on 2 September 2015. 7,855 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2016 Volvo S60, V60, V60CC, XC60, XC70, and S80 vehicles manufactured April 8, 2015 to August 19, 2015. In certain driving conditions when using the automatic engine stop/start function, the starter motor fuse may blow, preventing the car from …
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Volvo's own number for this recall: R39574. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V555 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V555 cover?
- Volvo S60, Volvo S80, Volvo V60, Volvo XC60, Volvo XC70, model year 2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2016 Volvo S60, V60, V60CC, XC60, XC70, and S80 vehicles manufactured April 8, 2015 to August 19, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the vehicle is unexpectedly unable to be started in the middle of traffic, such as when stopped at an intersection, there is an increased risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will replace the existing starter motor fuse with a higher amperage fuse, free of charge. The recall began on October 26, 2015. Owners may contact Volvo customer service at 1-800-458-1552 or by visiting http://volvo.custhelp.com.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Volvo calls this recall R39574, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
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: “If the vehicle is unexpectedly unable to be started in the middle of traffic, such as when stopped at an intersection, there is an increased risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V555 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Volvo Cars of N.A., LLC |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Wiring:Fuses And Circuit Breakers |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 September 2015 |
| Model years | 2016-2016 |
| Vehicles named | VOLVO S60, VOLVO S80, VOLVO V60, VOLVO XC60, VOLVO XC70 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the vehicle is unexpectedly unable to be started in the middle of traffic, such as when stopped at an intersection, there is an increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volvo will notify owners, and dealers will replace the existing starter motor fuse with a higher amperage fuse, free of charge. The recall began on October 26, 2015. Owners may contact Volvo customer service at 1-800-458-1552 or by visiting http://volvo.custhelp.com. Volvo's number for this recall is R39574.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The same recall in other countries
This campaign carries a manufacturer code that also appears in another country’s register, which means the same defect was recalled there too.
- Canada: Transport Canada recall 2015388, recorded 2 September 2015 (within a week of the American filing)
Matched on R39574, the manufacturer’s own number for this campaign, which is the only field the registers share. Exact match, nothing paired on brand and date. The two dates are adjacent instruments rather than the same one, so a difference of a day or two means nothing.
How often the two countries file on the same day · The European alerts
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Volvo S60 recalls: 28 US campaigns
- Volvo S80 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Volvo V60 recalls: 16 US campaigns
- Volvo XC60 recalls: 23 US campaigns since 2016
- Volvo XC70 recalls: 9 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 15V555, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v555/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 15V555 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
d72942c9 - Consequence
a3e1801e - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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