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Volvo C30 1997–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin SMB17-2017A · NHTSA communication 10088566 · issued Oct 8, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1997–2016
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

Volvo cars service and parts business service manager bulletin title : retail car delivery process all my 2016 s60 , v60 , xc60 , xc70 and s80 group : no:issuing department : car market : united states and canada 17 2016a service operations reference bulletins :date: smb 17 - 017,tj 29233 ,tj 20278 , warranty admin . Manual year month day service service warranty 2015 05 12 manager writer administrator service personnel : read and initial page 1 of 12 cleaning wiper blades do not clean wiper blades with a solvent and do not remove the graphite protection . Only gently clean wiper blades to rem

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.