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NHTSA recall 99V236000

Air bags › Frontal

Volvo C70 and 2 more

Reported Aug 30, 1999124,381 vehicles affectedVOLVO CARS OF NA, INC.Maker’s number 96Built Jan 1, 1997 – Aug 1, 1999

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the frontal passenger air bag may be overly sensitive to certain electrostatic discharge.

The risk

This could possibly cause an inadvertent deployment.

The remedy

Dealers will install an additional ground wire in the passenger side to assure sufficient grounding.

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Vehicles in this recall

Volvo C70
1998
Volvo S70
1998
Volvo V70
1998

Notes

Owner notification began september 15, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact volvo at 1-800-458-1552.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).