Volvo Puts Out Brake-Failure Alert For Electrified Models
Volvo has put out an alert for brake failure for electric and plug-in hybrid models.
This is a follow-up to a recall we covered in June. It centers around regenerative braking on Volvo vehicles stretching back to 2020. If the regen system is active for more than one minute and 40 seconds consecutively, the friction brakes could fail.
The original recall was for over 11K vehicles, and about 1,000 owners still have not had the over-the-air update fix performed, at least not as of July 15. Those owners are being told not to drive their cars until the issue is fixed.
Drivers are also being told to not use the "B" mode or one-pedal driving.
As we reported in June:
Volvo’s recall impacts several models, including the S60, V60, S90, XC60, XC90, XC40, C40, EX40, and EC40.
There has been documented incident of brake failure in an affected model, as shown above.
If you own one of these vehicles and have not had the fix performed, do it now, and don't drive until you do.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Big deal.
Our front porch extends out and over a steep one lane road leading to a busy marina. Lots of 15-30 footers on all sorts of trailers, too many without working brakes or safety chains. Boats for divers, party barges, antiques, jet skis... on a road barely 8 to 9 feet wide with a 15% grade. With blind curves.
Every summer someone can't make it up that slope. Others end up pinned against the guard rail after sliding backwards trying to pull a smaller boat up hill with a front wheel drive "SUV" like an Escape. Head-on meetings of two SUVs pulling trailers are also really entertaining. Someone's got to back up. Does either driver have the ability to do so? Usually not. The guardrail was installed 20 years ago. It was even more fun before when the road was gravel and there was no guard rail.
:-)
Volvo has a problem? - can't be