Volvo Bus 9700, model years 2016 to 2017. Filed by Volvo Bus Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 14 March 2017. 70 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Volvo Bus Corporation (Volvo Bus) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Volvo 9700 transit buses equipped with the I-Start feature. These vehicles have a ground cable that may have been improperly installed, resulting in inadequate electrical contact. The poor contact may cause the power feed relay to fail and the engine to …
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Volvo's own number for this recall: SR17-80. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V173 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 17V173 cover?
- Volvo Bus 9700, model years 2016-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Volvo Bus Corporation (Volvo Bus) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Volvo 9700 transit buses equipped with the I-Start feature. These vehicles have a ground cable that may have been improperly installed, resulting in inadequate electrical contact.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An unexpected engine shutdown increases the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Volvo Bus will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and correct the ground wire installation, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on May 4, 2017. Owners may contact Volvo Bus customer service 1-877-773-8678. Volvo Bus' number for this recall is SR17-80.
- 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 SR17-80, 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: “An unexpected engine shutdown increases the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V173 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Volvo Bus Corporation |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Wiring |
| Reported to NHTSA | 14 March 2017 |
| Model years | 2016-2017 |
| Vehicles named | VOLVO BUS 9700 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An unexpected engine shutdown increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volvo Bus will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and correct the ground wire installation, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on May 4, 2017. Owners may contact Volvo Bus customer service 1-877-773-8678. Volvo Bus' number for this recall is SR17-80. Note: The affected vehicles were previously remedied for a similar issue under recall 16V836, however, this recall requires additional repairs to ensure that the power feed relay will not fail.
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 models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 17V173, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v173/
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.
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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 17V173 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
9360a735 - Consequence
dc0d0f02 - 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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