 The S80 is one of four models being recalled worldwide |
Volvo is recalling 460,000 cars worldwide because a wiring problem could cause a fan to overheat and burn. The affected cars are the S80 and S60 saloon and the XC70 and V70 estate from the 1999, 2000 and 2001 model years.
The recall is the largest in the history of the Swedish carmaker, which became a unit of Ford in 1999.
There have been no injuries related to the defect, but there have been seven reported vehicle fires, said Volvo's US spokesman James Hope.
The firm will replace the fan for free in all vehicles.
Of the cars being recalled about 150,000 are in the US, 75,000 in Sweden, 40,000 in Germany, 35,000 in the UK and 14,000 in Japan.
Lawsuit
Meanwhile, jury selection in a case faced by Volvo's parent company Ford started on Monday in Illinois.
The class-action lawsuit concerns claims that Ford's Crown Victoria police cars explode too easily in rear collisions.
Since 1983, more than a dozen officers across the US have died in crashes in Crown Victorias.
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