Volvo XC40 2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin S10083-2021-03-1 · NHTSA communication 10190807 · issued Mar 22, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2021
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Volvo Car USA LLC and Volvo Car Canada Ltd on behalf of Volvo Car Corporation, has decided to launch Service Action S10083 on certain Volvo XC40 Recharge Model Year 2021 vehicles. Volvo has identified that the rear wiper motor protected by a 5 ampere fuse instead of a 15 ampere fuse was mounted in the central junction box. There is a risk that the 5A fuse will blow earlier if put under too much strain, for instance when a rear wiper is blocked due to ice or snow build up. In a worst-case scenario, the fuse will blow and the rear wiper will not function. No DTC?s or DIM messages will be set if
Vehicles covered
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.