Volvo Vnre () Recalls

The Volvo VNRE has 7 recalls spanning 2019 through 2025, with the most serious being a 2025 model year drag link defect where a ball stud in the steering linkage can fail and cause sudden, complete loss of steering control.

The most recent production years also carry a high-voltage battery fire risk. On 2023-2025 models, loose hardware inside the battery pack can create an internal short circuit. On 2020-2024 models, over-tightened threaded inserts inside the battery can break and cause a similar short circuit. Both conditions raise the risk of fire. On 2022-2023 models, a coolant line inside the battery pack can seat incompletely, allowing coolant to escape and trigger an electrical short that also raises fire risk.

Two separate recalls address the cabin heater relay on 2019-2023 models. A loose power cable connection at the windscreen heater relay can cause the relay to fail in the closed position, keeping the heater energized and overheating the relay. A related issue involves the coolant heater relay failing outright, causing the coolant heater to overheat. Both conditions carry a fire risk.

Across the broader 2020-2025 model range, trucks equipped with the Bendix EC80 electronic control unit can experience electrical interference that causes the unit to misprocess commands or stop functioning. When this happens, automatic traction control, anti-lock brakes, electronic stability control, active cruise control, and collision mitigation can all lose effectiveness or stop working entirely.