| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Action Number: AQ18005 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: VOLVO |
| Vehicale/Equipment Model: VT | Vehicale/Equipment Year: 2014 |
| Component Name: COMMUNICATION | Manufacturer's Name: Volvo Trucks North America |
| Date Opened: Oct, 22 2018 | Date Closed: -- |
| Subject: Discrepancies in Required CFR Reporting | Summary: During a review of volvo trucks (volvo) 2016, 4th quarter ewr field report submissions, odi discovered, multiple communications that had not been submitted to the agency under cfr 579.5 ewr reporting requirements.also, during a review of the nova lfs transit bus (a subsidiary of the volvo group) recall 17v-323 odi became concerned volvo may not have acted with appropriate speed in making a defect determination and filing the recall with the agency.based on a review of these issues with volvo, their compliance office agreed to conduct an internal audit of all required reporting and found the following:1.various forms of communications including, service bulletins, tech tips, case base reasoning reports and other data were not submitted.2.reporting of some death and injury reports (d&i) had been overlooked and not submittedthis investigation will examine whether volvo acted in conformance with its responsibilities under the safety act. |
