Volvo Trucks North America recently issued a recall for over 126.000 trucks.
The recall is prompted by an electronic control unit equipment recall by Bendix.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Volvo Trucks is recalling 126,649 model year 2020-25 VN, VAH, VHD and VNRE trucks that are equipped with Bendix EC80 Advanced ECUs.
The NHTSA said electrical noise and low signal to the power line carrier may cause the ECU to incorrectly process commands or stop working. As a result, some safety systems that rely on the Bendix ECU may perform poorly or completely lose functionality, increasing the risk of a crash. Those systems include automatic traction control, anti-lock braking system (ABS), electronic stability control, active cruise control and collision mitigation system.
Authorized dealers will reprogram affected software for free. Notification letters to owners of affected trucks will be sent on Dec. 13.
The recall by Volvo stems from a larger Bendix ECU recall issued on Oct. 11. That recall affects more than 400,000 ECUs that were sold to Volvo Trucks and Navistar.
For more information about the Volvo recall, contact Volvo Trucks’ customer service at 800-528-6586 with recall number RVXX2409.
The NHTSA’s number for this recall is 24V-790.
