23V890000
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR LIFT/RAMP
Beacons that do not provide proper illumination may be less visible to wheelchair lift users, increasing the risk of injury.
2020 VOLVO BUS 9700
7 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints0
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 7
22V222000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
An overheated alternator bearing can increase the risk of a fire.
21V717000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Excessively bright or dim headlights may reduce visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
21V597000
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY:WHEELCHAIR LIFT/RAMP
In the event that a mobility device pushes into the outer barrier, the barrier may fail, increasing the risk of injury for the lift occupant.
20V803000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
A disabled bus may require passengers to transfer to a different bus on the side of the road, increasing the risk of injury.
20V597000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
An engine that can be started while being worked on increases the risk of injury to the service technician.
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2020 VOLVO BUS 9700s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.