583 Volvo cars recalled due to faulted fuel pump fuses

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Hanoi (VNA) – A total of 583 Volvo cars have been recalled in Vietnam, which were 2019 and 2020 versions of XC60, S90, V90 and XC90 models, for replacement of fuel pump fuses.

The vehicles were manufactured from January 2019 to April 2020, imported and distributed by Sweden Auto Co.Ltd. The recall started from July 31, 2021 and will finish by July 31, 2022 in Volvo Car Hanoi, Volvo Car Saigon and Volvo Car Da Nang agents.

It will take about one hour to replace faulted fuse for free.

In April 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Competition and Consumer Authority (VCCA) oversaw the recall of 732 Volvo cars, including XC90, XC60, CX40, V90 and S90 models to update emergency braking control software. Of them, 476 are running and 256 in warehouses.

They were manufactured in Sweden and Malaysia from January 21, 2019 to March 15, 2020 and distributed by Sweden Auto Co.Ltd. The recall started from March 20, 2021 and will finish by December 31, 2022.

The VCCA said the recall was due to the lack of a software code in active safety domain master./.

VNA