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Volvo Issues Global Recall for EX30 Over Battery Fire Risk

Owners are told to cap charging at 70% pending a free dealer fix.

Overview

  • Volvo says a manufacturing defect in certain 69 kWh NMC battery cells can overheat at high state of charge and in rare cases could cause a fire.
  • The campaign covers select EX30 Single Motor Extended Range and Twin Motor Performance vehicles from model years 2024 to 2026.
  • Australia lists 2,815 affected 2024 cars, and Volvo Car Malaysia confirms impacted units sold between 2024 and 2026.
  • The company reports an incident rate of about 0.02% and says there have been no injuries.
  • Volvo will notify owners when a remedy is ready, perform repairs free at authorised dealers, and is reviewing whether related models using similar batteries could be affected.