Volvo EX30 faces battery recall

In a statement from Volvo UK, the company said: “Safety is Volvo Cars’ top priority. Although the number of reported incidents is very low—accounting for around 0.02% of the vehicles we have identified as potentially affected—and we have received no reports of related personal injuries, we are taking this matter extremely seriously.”

The reason reports and a statement from Volvo UK regarding the impending recall have primarily emerged in British media is clear: as a spokesperson from Volvo Germany told electrive, the identified issue affects only right-hand-drive models of the EX30—and even then, only one battery variant. The base model with the 49 kWh LFP battery is unaffected; only the 69 kWh pack with NMC cells in the Single Motor Extended Range and Twin Motor Performance variants is involved. While the 69 kWh battery is generally available in Germany, the version used in left-hand-drive models sold in the country differs slightly in technical specifications from the right-hand-drive versions. You can read a test drive review of the left-hand-drive EX30 Twin Motor Performance here.

Officially, the recall involves 33,777 units of the EX30 in the aforementioned Single Motor Extended Range and Twin Motor Performance variants, which were sold in right-hand-drive markets from 2024 onwards. In Europe, this primarily affects the UK, though a small double-digit number of vehicles are also on the road in other right-hand-drive markets, such as Georgia.

Of these 33,777 vehicles, 0.02% have experienced an incident, equating to roughly seven defective vehicles. Volvo advises customers in the affected right-hand-drive markets to set a charging limit of 70% in the vehicle’s charging menu or otherwise keep the state of charge below 70%, as “the risk of this rare issue happening is significantly reduced below this level of charge.” “In rare cases, the battery can overheat when charged to a high level, which could, in a worst-case scenario, lead to a fire starting in the battery,” Volvo UK stated.

Customers will be contacted again “as soon as a solution is available.” This is expected to happen “as quickly as possible.” Volvo plans to rectify the vehicles, though it is not yet known which components will be inspected or replaced during the workshop visit.

The Swedish manufacturer introduced the EX30 as its smallest battery-electric model to date in the summer of 2023. Deliveries of the electric SUV began in Europe at the start of 2024, though at that time, the vehicles were still produced in China. Since 2025, production has also been underway at Volvo’s plant in Ghent, Belgium. The Volvo EX30 is based on Geely’s SEA2 architecture, a platform also used for other models, such as the Smart #1 and #3. However, these models are unaffected, even in right-hand-drive configurations, because Smart uses a technically different 66 kWh battery.

Update 24 February 2026

The battery recall for the Volvo EX30 appears to be somewhat larger than reported in early January. Reuters is now reporting, citing the Swedish manufacturer, that 40,323 EX30s are affected, whereas at the beginning of January the figure was 33,777. What has not changed, however, is that the recall continues to affect the Single Motor Extended Range and Twin Motor Performance model variants sold in right-hand drive markets.

Although the model variants are the 69 kWh packs with NMC cells that are also available in mainland Europe, the battery packs for right-hand drive and left-hand drive models differ slightly, as a spokesperson for Volvo Germany explained to electrive in January. This mainly affects the United Kingdom in Europe, but a small double-digit number are also on the road in other right-hand drive markets, such as Georgia. Globally, markets such as Australia and New Zealand are also affected, which is why the total number of vehicles recalled is now slightly higher than initially stated.

As part of the recall, Volvo will replace the affected battery modules free of charge so that customers can use their vehicles to their full potential again. Until the replacement, the manufacturer advises not to charge the battery to more than 70 per cent. “ We are now contacting the owners of all affected cars to advise them of next steps,” said a Volvo spokesperson.

autocar.co.uk, autoexpress.co.uk, electrifying.com, reuters.com (update)