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Volvo S40 2000technical service bulletin

Bulletin 52129 · NHTSA communication 10006036 · issued Mar 1, 2004

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
2000
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Water may enter the electrical brake vacuum pump, causing the pump to not function. Recall campaign 129 brake vacuum pump modification. Service manager bulletin. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.