Our severity:High NHTSA·24V790000·Announced 2024-10-23

Volvo trucks with Bendix EC80 units may lose safety system functions

Volvo Trucks is recalling certain 2020-2025 trucks with Bendix EC80 Advanced Electronic Control Units because electrical noise may cause the ECU to misprocess commands or stop working.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: Risk-of-harm defect degrading electronic driver assistance and stability systems, with no death or injury reported in the NHTSA record.

Plain-English summary

Volvo Trucks North America is recalling certain 2020-2025 VN, VAH, VHD and VNRE trucks equipped with Bendix EC80 Advanced Electronic Control Units, under NHTSA campaign number 24V790000. The potential number of units affected is 124,949.

Electrical noise and low signal to the power line carrier may cause the ECU to incorrectly process commands or stop working. According to NHTSA, safety systems that depend on the ECU, including Automatic Traction Control, ABS, Electronic Stability Control, Active Cruise Control and the Collision Mitigation System, may have diminished or lost functionality.

Dealers will reprogram the ECU software free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 9, 2024.

Owners may contact Volvo Trucks customer service at 1-800-528-6586.

The recalled product

Product: VOLVO VAH, VHD, VN, VNRE (ELECTRIC)
Brand: VOLVO
Manufacturer: Volvo Trucks North America
Category: Vehicle — Heavy truck
Hazard: ecu-fault
abs
stability-control
electrical-noise
Affected units: 124,949

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Model numbers (4)

VAH
VHD
VN
VNRE (ELECTRIC)

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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