Volvo Vnl, Volvo Vnm, Volvo Vnx, model years 2016 to 2017. Filed by Volvo Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 17 February 2016. 18,116 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 VNL, VNX, and VNM trucks manufactured from May 11, 2015, through April 18, 2016. The trucks may have been manufactured without a roll pin on the steering shafts. If the roll pin is missing, the lower steering shaft may disconnect from the …
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Volvo's own number for this recall: RVXX1602/RVXX1603. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V097 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 16V097 cover?
- Volvo VNL, Volvo VNM, Volvo VNX, model years 2016-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 VNL, VNX, and VNM trucks manufactured from May 11, 2015, through April 18, 2016. The trucks may have been manufactured without a roll pin on the steering shafts.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Separation of the steering shaft will result in complete loss of steering which may lead to a vehicle crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. Volvo is strongly recommending that the affected vehicles not be driven until the interim remedy is applied. An interim notice was sent to Volvo owners on March 16, 2016, and an interim repair is available now. A second notice was mailed on May 13, 2016. The final remedy is now available.
- 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 RVXX1602/RVXX1603, 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: “Separation of the steering shaft will result in complete loss of steering which may lead to a vehicle crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V097 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Volvo Trucks North America |
| System at fault | Steering |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 February 2016 |
| Model years | 2016-2017 |
| Vehicles named | VOLVO VNL, VOLVO VNM, VOLVO VNX |
This is not an ordinary campaign.
- Owners are told not to drive the vehicle at all. NHTSA applies this to a small minority of campaigns. 28 of the 1,399 we currently hold.
What the notice says today
The consequence
Separation of the steering shaft will result in complete loss of steering which may lead to a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Volvo is strongly recommending that the affected vehicles not be driven until the interim remedy is applied. An interim notice was sent to Volvo owners on March 16, 2016, and an interim repair is available now. A second notice was mailed on May 13, 2016. The final remedy is now available. Both remedies are free of charge. Owners may contact Volvo customer service at 1-877-800-4945 opt #1. Volvo's recall numbers for this campaign are RVXX1602 and RVXX1603. This recall supersedes safety recall 15V-786.
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 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Volvo VNL recalls: 60 US campaigns
- Volvo VNM recalls: 22 US campaigns
- Volvo VNX recalls: 5 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 16V097, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v097/
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.
Other Volvo notices we hold
- 26V513: 2027 VNL (4) and VNR (4)
- 26V444: 2026 VOLVO VHD, VNL (4), VNR (4), VN, and VAH
- 26V350: 2026 VAH, 2026-2027 VN, VHD, VNL (4), and 2027 VNR (4)
- 26V260: 2026-2027 VNR (4) and 2025-2027 VNL (4)
- 26V208: 2025-2027 VNL (4) and 2026-2027 VNR (4)
- 26V186: 2025-2026 VNL (4)
- 26V184: 2025-2026 VNL (4)
- 26V136: 2025-2026 EX30 and 2026 EX30CC
All 211 Volvo campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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 16V097 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
377ecbd1 - Consequence
78bbb290 - 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.
The wording we hold for 16V097 · how the whole register is watched
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