Volvo Vah, Volvo Vhd, Volvo Vnl, Volvo Vnr, model years 2020 to 2021. Filed by Volvo Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 2 September 2020. 11,127 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo Trucks) is recalling certain 2020-2021 VAH, VHD, VNL and VNR vehicles. The die cast pedal plate may break at one of its attachment points, possibly resulting in the brake pedal dislodging. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety …
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Volvo's own number for this recall: RVXX2004. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V536 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 20V536 cover?
- Volvo Vah, Volvo VHD, Volvo VNL, Volvo VNR, model years 2020-2021.
- What is wrong with them?
- Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo Trucks) is recalling certain 2020-2021 VAH, VHD, VNL and VNR vehicles. The die cast pedal plate may break at one of its attachment points, possibly resulting in the brake pedal dislodging.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A dislodged brake pedal would be inoperable, increasing a risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Volvo Trucks will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the pedal plates if required, free of charge. The recall began October 7, 2020. Owners may contact Volvo Trucks customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Truck's number for this recall is RVXX2004.
- 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 RVXX2004, 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: “A dislodged brake pedal would be inoperable, increasing a risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V536 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Volvo Trucks North America |
| System at fault | Service Brakes, Air |
| Reported to NHTSA | 2 September 2020 |
| Model years | 2020-2021 |
| Vehicles named | VOLVO VAH, VOLVO VHD, VOLVO VNL, VOLVO VNR |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A dislodged brake pedal would be inoperable, increasing a risk of a crash.
The remedy
Volvo Trucks will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the pedal plates if required, free of charge. The recall began October 7, 2020. Owners may contact Volvo Trucks customer service at 1-800-458-1552. Volvo Truck's number for this recall is RVXX2004.
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 353 notices in the record whose component field names service brakes, air. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Volvo Vah recalls: 20 US campaigns
- Volvo VHD recalls: 37 US campaigns
- Volvo VNL recalls: 60 US campaigns
- Volvo VNR recalls: 17 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V536, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v536/
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 20V536 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
5b58e855 - Consequence
0a6a526e - 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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