Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - MASTER CYLINDER | ||||||||||||||||
| 07E023000 | CARDONE INDUSTRIES, INC. | E (Equipment) | 13128 | 04/02/2007 | MFR | VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC. | 03/29/2007 | 03/29/2007 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain cardone master cylinders with date codes lower than dca7078 sold as replacement equipment for use on the vehicles listed above. the seal on master cylinder can fail and leak brake fluid. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Loss of brake fluid can result in poor braking performance, possibly resulting in a vehicle crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Cardone will notify owners and offer to repurchase any defective master cylinders. the recall began during april 2007. owners can contact cardone at 1-800-777-4780. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket cardone master cylinders and has no relation to any original equipment installed on the vehicles listed above.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - ANTILOCK | |||||
| TJ-5931 | 05/14/2010 | 10033816 | Volvo: unnecessary brake control module (bcm) replacements. when diagnosing diagnostic trouble codes (dtc's) for brake control system, technician must always follow complete diagnostic fault tracing path in vida. vida always lists possib | 09/20/2010 | |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK - CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | |||||
| TJ-16840 | 02/17/2012 | 10043584 | Software download may cause the brake control module (bcm) to make a diagnostic trouble code (dtc) of 0076 or on the xc90 dtc 0117 which also may accompany bcm dtc 0076. this is on vehicles equipped with dynamic stability traction control s | 04/13/2012 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | |||
| 10/11/2011 | 100000 | 1 | |
| Good afternoon, we have experienced a catastrophic failure of the emergency brake, whereby the brake lining of the e-brake is of an organic compound and according to the volvo technician swells when it gets wet, causing the e-brake to lock-up. my bride was in our neighborhood when this occurred, causing the entire braking assembly and associated parts to be ripped and busted loose. volvo charged us $2100 in parts and labor to fix this. volvo techs did say that this happens alot, but alot at speed (faster than 25mph). can you imagine this e-brake lock-up at highway speeds. how frequently has this happened? i have pictures of the affected parts. this is totally unsafe and volvo knows about it. *tr | |||
| 10/11/2011 | 100000 | ||
| Good afternoon, we have experienced a catastrophic failure of the emergency brake, whereby the brake lining of the e-brake is of an organic compound and according to the volvo technician swells when it gets wet, causing the e-brake to lock-up. my bride was in our neighborhood when this occured, causing the entire braking assembly and associated parts to be ripped and busted loose. volvo charged us $2100 in parts and labor to fix this. volvo techs did say that this happens alot, but alot at speed (faster than 25mph). can you imagine this e-brake lock-up at highway speeds. how frequently has this happened? i have pictures of the affected parts. this is totally unsafe and volvo knows about it. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | |||
| 03/21/2007 | 58000 | 1 | |
| 2004 volvo s60 2.5 turbo: no warning to the events. on numerous occasions, the car feels as if it has hit a large object, temporarily lurches and appears to momentarily stall creating a temporary loss of vehicle control. this is followed by an immediate loss of all instrument gauges, air conditioner, window controls and door locks. the fan did continue to work. the abs warning light also indicated as well as a warning that no brakes function existed. the srs service air bag urgent indication is illuminated. on turning the car off and restarting, the functions of the car return with exception that the srs service air bag urgent indication remains. this problem can take months to repeat or only a matter of minutes. it seems to be more prevalent in hot weather. the vehicle was taken to the service shop at the volvo dealer and they could only clear alarms as they said the event created too many alarms/fault codes to troubleshoot. they downloaded new software revisions to each control module in the car. after a period of approximately a month, the events began occurring again. the vehicle has been taken to non oem mechanics as well and they are not able to troubleshoot the fault. the vehicle is scheduled to be taken to the dealers service shop again. searching the internet chat rooms and blogs, as well as this site, there appears to be numerous other vehicles with this same safety fault that stalls vehicles in traffic and creates very sudden and severe lurches in power ultimately leading to a momentary stall out with loss of all instrument indications to include speed, rpm, turn indicator, etc. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 10/17/2011 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 volvo s60. the contact was driving 25 mph with cruise control activated when the brakes were depressed but the vehicle failed to stop. the contact crashed into five vehicles. the contact's vehicle was destroyed. the police were contacted and a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to a private mechanic and the manufacturer was contacted. the failure and the current mileages were unknown. kmj | |||
| 10/17/2011 | |||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2004 volvo s60. the contact was driving 25 mph with cruise control when the brakes were depressed but the vehicle failed to stop. the vehicle crashed into five vehicles. the vehicle was destroyed. the police were contacted and a report was taken. the vehicle was towed to a private mechanic. the manufacturer was contacted. the failure and current mileages were unknown. rds | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK | |||
| 06/05/2008 | 70000 | 1 | |
| 2004 volvo s60 2.5t. purchased the car used in sept 07. 6-5-08 panel displayed open rear door while driving 65mph on highway, my door was not opened. car jerked as if there was power loss, ac went off, brake failure light on panel, power windows and locks did not work, temp 105 , then driver panel went black. car jerked 3 times in mid traffic, i was scared to death for my life. arrived at my exit, pulled over to a gas station, engine still running but sluggish, radio was still on, power door locks and windows did not work, ac off. engine still running so i made it a couple of miles up the street to my home. cut the car off and back on, all power returned, now check engine and air bag trouble on panel. went to volvo dealer next day 6-6-08 near my home, they can not see my car til next week tuesday. went to pepboys, battery and alternator are ok, can not access engine box, must go to dealer. called volvo for tuesday 6-10-08 appointment. car duplicated same problem monday 6-9-08 on drive home from work on the highway temp 105 etc. searched for complaints and recalls, my recalls were reported completed when i purchased the car, found all of this valuable info online, will see dealer tomorrow and take these related copies of complaints with me. *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - DISC - PADS | |||
| 02/22/2008 | 24500 | 1 | 05/21/2004 |
| I was leaving ucla parking garage (i'm an rn there) when i put my volvo 2004 s60 into gear and it took off backwards like a rocket, car was thrown into a concrete post far away from where i began. i immediately put car in park since i thought i'd get out and see what on earth happened, but it then lunged forward by itself and took off without stopping!!! thank god it was 6pm and not an hour earlier when many staff would have been in garage, i'd have run them over! i also turned off ignition with key, nothing helped!! it kept going along with a mind of its own at approx 15 mph making a growling whirring sound. i was able to steer car and avoid other vehicles but eventually had to make serious decision to purposely crash into another concrete massive post which i did and the possessed beast. finally came to a halt with fluid pouring out all over,. my brakes did not work during this event, not at all, that's why i couldn't stop the car (along with foot on brake, tried putting car in park gear and turned off ignition key last august when i had only 22, 000 miles on car it took it to volvo dealer twice, since car was often stalling and stopping on the street while i was driving. i was told they couldn't find it stalling when they test drove it but they mentioned they cleaned the throttle and said that could help (which it did until 2, 500 miles later when this happened. i have dealer paperwork indicating car stalling and that they cleaned throttle box also, they said i should be taking car on the freeway more at high enough speed to blow off the carbon i spent friday night in er with neck/shoulder injuries, but this could have been a disaster. forgot to mention that when i took car in for service july 2007 dealer replaced fuel pressure sensor as per recall. don't know if this is significant. also wrote on form during inspection found upper engine mount collapsed, cause........ engine repair. updated 03-25-08 *bf the dealer stated rear brake pads had to be replaced. updated 03/25/08 *tr | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - FOUNDATION COMPONENTS - MASTER CYLINDER | |||
| 02/22/2008 | 24500 | 1 | 05/21/2004 |
| I was leaving ucla parking garage (i'm an rn there) when i put my volvo 2004 s60 into gear and it took off backwards like a rocket, car was thrown into a concrete post far away from where i began. i immediately put car in park since i thought i'd get out and see what on earth happened, but it then lunged forward by itself and took off without stopping!!! thank god it was 6pm and not an hour earlier when many staff would have been in garage, i'd have run them over! i also turned off ignition with key, nothing helped!! it kept going along with a mind of its own at approx 15 mph making a growling whirring sound. i was able to steer car and avoid other vehicles but eventually had to make serious decision to purposely crash into another concrete massive post which i did and the possessed beast. finally came to a halt with fluid pouring out all over,. my brakes did not work during this event, not at all, that's why i couldn't stop the car (along with foot on brake, tried putting car in park gear and turned off ignition key last august when i had only 22, 000 miles on car it took it to volvo dealer twice, since car was often stalling and stopping on the street while i was driving. i was told they couldn't find it stalling when they test drove it but they mentioned they cleaned the throttle and said that could help (which it did until 2, 500 miles later when this happened. i have dealer paperwork indicating car stalling and that they cleaned throttle box also, they said i should be taking car on the freeway more at high enough speed to blow off the carbon i spent friday night in er with neck/shoulder injuries, but this could have been a disaster. forgot to mention that when i took car in for service july 2007 dealer replaced fuel pressure sensor as per recall. don't know if this is significant. also wrote on form during inspection found upper engine mount collapsed, cause........ engine repair. updated 03-25-08 *bf the dealer stated rear brake pads had to be replaced. updated 03/25/08 *tr | |||