The Swedish company’s XC90 model is being investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for electronic faults that can cause the malfunctioning of the headlights and turn signals, as Bloomberg reports.
The issue can obviously lead to a crash. However, the NHTSA said that it is not aware of any accidents related to this, adding that it has received 21 complaints from owners of Volvo XC90 SUVs belonging to the 2004 and 2005 model years. These state that the aforementioned components have shown intermittent problems. The malfunctions were experienced during both city and highway driving. The 2004 and 2005 model years include a total production of 93,487 vehicles.
Volvo is willing to collaborate with the NHTSA in order to handle the situation properly, planing to solve the problem and leave it behind in order to prevent it from affecting its image.
“We will provide all the information that NHTSA asks and we’ll work closely with the agency to make sure the issue is resolved,” James Hope, a U.S. Volvo spokesman was quoted as saying by the aforementioned source.
If the NHTSA decides to issue a recall, the handling of the situation should be a simple process. This is because the owners that filed the complaints also said that the problem was fixed after the electronic component that controls the car’s lighting system was replaced.
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