Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
Read more from our blog
Showing 15,069 complaints for VOLVO
Incident date: Oct 9, 2010
70K MILES ON 2002 VOLVO XC70 WHEN UNEXPECTED SURGING STARTED. OCCURS WHEN DRIVING UP HILL OR UP A GRADE. THIS SERIOUS AND CONCERNING PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR, WITH OR WITHOUT SETTING CRUISE CONTROL. THIS VEHICLE HAS EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE HISTORY RECORD. *TR
Incident date: Oct 3, 2010
1999 VOLVO S 70 AWD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, BEGAN BY JERKING WHEN 1ST ACCELERATING, THEN TOTALLY STARTED SLIPPING AND WILL NOT MOVE. FLUID LEVEL IS OK, AND APPEARS CLEAN. IN PROCESS OF FINDING A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Jun 15, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLVO XC90. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WATER WAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE; THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WAS WET. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE WATER WAS GETTING IN THROUGH THE SUNROOF AND THE DRAINAGE FROM THE SUNROOF WAS CLOGGED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE AIR CONDITIONER AND ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 8, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2004 VOLVO XC90. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY VOLVO BUT THEY HAVEN'T ISSUED A FORMAL RECALL. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT I DEAL WITH STATED THEY REPLACE ON AVERAGE 10 A MONTH. THE AVERAGE COST THAT OWNERS ARE FACING IS $7000. *TR
Incident date: Oct 11, 2010
HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY CRACKING. TWO PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES (ORIGINAL AND REPLACEMENT) HAVE CRACKED WITH THREE MONTHS WITHOUT SIGN OF EXTERNAL IMPACT. CRACKING IN BOTH ASSEMBLIES HAS BEEN IDENTICAL. A THIRD ASSEMBLY WILL BE INSTALLED THIS WEDNESDAY. CRACKING IS SUBSTANTIAL AND POSES A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR
Incident date: Sep 12, 2010
2002 VOLVO V70 XC TRANSMISSION. THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE AFTER ONLY 105,000 MILES MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. VOLVO DEALER SHIP SAID THAT IT WAS A COMPUTER UPGRADE, BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. FLUSHED THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM OF ERRATIC SHIFTING AND JUMPING SHIFTING. *TR
Incident date: Oct 10, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ACTIVATED WHEN IT SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD ONLY BLOW OUTSIDE AIR INTO THE VEHICLE CABIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE COMPRESSOR AND RECEIVER DRYER WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 10, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ACTIVATED WHEN IT SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD ONLY BLOW OUTSIDE AIR INTO THE VEHICLE CABIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE COMPRESSOR AND RECEIVER DRYER WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 20, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO S60R. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN JERKING AND SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE WHICH FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE AFTER THE INITIAL TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFE... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VOLVO S80. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD LIGHTLY. THE FAILURE CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A MECHANIC AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP ALSO VERIFIED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MIL... Read more
Incident date: Sep 6, 2010
2000 VOLVO S70 ETM ISSUES VEHICLE LUNGES, HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT, SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
1999 VOLVO S 80. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE INTERIOR DASHBOARD AND OVERHEAD LIGHTS BEGAN TO DIM AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL LIGHT LEVELS ON A REPEATED BASIS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS, WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WITHOUT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR AND AT TIMES WOULD ALMOST COME TO A... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
1999 VOLVO S 80. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE INTERIOR DASHBOARD AND OVERHEAD LIGHTS BEGAN TO DIM AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL LIGHT LEVELS ON A REPEATED BASIS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS, WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WITHOUT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR AND AT TIMES WOULD ALMOST COME TO A... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
1999 VOLVO S 80. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE INTERIOR DASHBOARD AND OVERHEAD LIGHTS BEGAN TO DIM AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL LIGHT LEVELS ON A REPEATED BASIS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS, WHERE THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WITHOUT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR AND AT TIMES WOULD ALMOST COME TO A... Read more
Incident date: Oct 4, 2010
"TRANSMISSION SERVICE URGENT"LIGHT IS ON. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE "NEW" IN JULY 2003. CURRENTLY HAS 87,000 MILES. NOTICED SLIPPAGE OVER ONE YEAR AGO. ACCELERATION AT TIMES AFTER BEING STOPPED VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE FROM SLIPPAGE, DANGEROUS AT INTERSECTIONS MAKING TURNS IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. RESEARCHED ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THIS MODEL HAS NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS REGARDING... Read more
Incident date: Sep 28, 2010
2005 VOLVO XC 90 T6 TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND TURN SIGNAL NOT OPERATING. *TR
Incident date: Sep 28, 2010
2005 VOLVO XC 90 T6 TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND TURN SIGNAL NOT OPERATING. *TR
Incident date: Jan 1, 2005
NORMAL EVERYDAY USE. THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES FALL PART. *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2010
2004 VOLVO XC 90 AND TRANSMISSION IS FAILED AS WELL AS MOTOR MOUNTS, WHEEL BEARING BOOTS, ETC. DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THESE RECURRING ISSUES WITH OTHERS OF SAME YEAR, BUT CLAIMS IT IS ONLY MY ISSUE. PURCHASE PRICE WAS ~$55K AND WITH ONLY 106K MILES I SHOULD NOT NOW HAVE TO SPEND ~$5K FOR A NEW TRANNY. *TR
Incident date: Dec 1, 2009
I HAVE A 2005 VOLVO XC90 AWD. MY HEAD LIGHTS HAVE INTERMITTENT FAILURES ALMOST EVERY TIME I AM DRIVING AT NIGHT. IT STARTED ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO AND HAS BEEN GETTING MORE FREQUENT. SOMETIMES LEFT HEAD LIGHT FAILS, SOMETIMES RIGHT HEAD LIGHT FAILS, SOMETIMES BOTH GO OUT. THEY WILL RESUME WORKING, SOMETIMES IF I DO NOTHING, BUT ALWAYS IF I TURN THEM OFF & BACK ON. BUT WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL. THE DEAL... Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO XC90. WHILE TRAVELING 35-45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD SUDDENLY TURNED OUTWARD RUBBING AGAINST THE WHEEL WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COME TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 77000.
Incident date: Aug 18, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLVO S60. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND STALLED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE MORE HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE MORE THE RPM GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE BUT THE VEHICLE ONLY SLOWED DOWN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TH... Read more
Incident date: Sep 30, 2010
ANTI-SKID ERROR KEEPS COMING UP ON MY 2006 8 CYL VOLVO XC90. DEALER UNSURE HOW TO DIAGNOSE. I AM CONCERNED MY ANTI LOCK BRAKING AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT WORK. IS THIS A KNOWN DEFECT IN VOLVO XC90'S OF THAT YEAR? *TR
Incident date: Sep 30, 2010
ANTI-SKID ERROR KEEPS COMING UP ON MY 2006 8 CYL VOLVO XC90. DEALER UNSURE HOW TO DIAGNOSE. I AM CONCERNED MY ANTI LOCK BRAKING AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT WORK. IS THIS A KNOWN DEFECT IN VOLVO XC90'S OF THAT YEAR? *TR
Incident date: Sep 30, 2010
ANTI-SKID ERROR KEEPS COMING UP ON MY 2006 8 CYL VOLVO XC90. DEALER UNSURE HOW TO DIAGNOSE. I AM CONCERNED MY ANTI LOCK BRAKING AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT WORK. IS THIS A KNOWN DEFECT IN VOLVO XC90'S OF THAT YEAR? *TR
Incident date: Sep 30, 2010
2001 VOLVO S 80 T6 EX TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BASED ON PERSONAL RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT THE 2001 VOLVOS HAVE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSIONS WERE BUILT BY GM FOR VOLVO AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE LINE FOR THAT YEAR ARE EXTREMELY HIGH. IS THERE OR CAN THERE BE AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROBLEM. IT APPEARS TO ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE LINE FOR THAT YEAR. *TR
Incident date: Sep 11, 2010
THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF MY VEHICLE (WHICH HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS) ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS VOLVO RECALL. HOWEVER, MY XC70 IS A 2004 BUT IS HAVING THIS IDENTICAL ISSUE. (A SOFTWARE GLITCH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 11,993 VOLVO MODELS BEING RECALLED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA). THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDES MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 S80 MODELS, 201... Read more
Incident date: Jun 30, 2010
I WAS STUCK IN HIGH WAY TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES, ONCE THE TRAFFIC CLEARED I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT COULD NOT, I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO GET HIT BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET MY VEHICLE UP TO A SAFE SPEED (THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE). I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO AT LEAST 50 MPH TO GET IT HOME. THIS NOW HAPPENS WITHIN APPROX 1-2 MILES OF DRIVING. DUE TO THE HI COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS VE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 30, 2010
I WAS STUCK IN HIGH WAY TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES, ONCE THE TRAFFIC CLEARED I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT COULD NOT, I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO GET HIT BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET MY VEHICLE UP TO A SAFE SPEED (THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE). I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO AT LEAST 50 MPH TO GET IT HOME. THIS NOW HAPPENS WITHIN APPROX 1-2 MILES OF DRIVING. DUE TO THE HI COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS VE... Read more
Incident date: Aug 10, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 VOLVO VN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SPORADICALLY BECOME EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE STEERING DRAG LINK WAS REPLACED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER RECALL CONCERNING THE STEERING DRAG LINK IN SEPTEMBER 2010. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND AD... Read more
Incident date: Sep 10, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 VOLVO VNL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURERS RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE STEERING DRAG LINK SEPTEMBER 2010. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIRS DUE TO AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 600,000.
Incident date: May 15, 2008
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 VOLVO S40. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS REPLACED IN 2008 AND THE FAILURE DID NOT RECUR UNTIL 2010. MOST RECENTLY, THE CONTACT WAS ENTERING A PARKING LOT WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY SHIFTING INTO PARK. THE MANUFACTURER W... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2010
MY CAR STALLED TWICE AT LOW SPEED, BOTH TIMES WAS ABLE TO RE-START IMMEDIATELY. AFTER THE 2ND INCIDENT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH A GENERIC OBD-II CODE OF P0192. ONLINE RESEARCH HAS FOUND THIS CODE RELATES TO THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE'S FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR. VOLVO HAS RECALL #R-181 IN PLACE BUT I AM TOLD BY VOLVO CARE THAT MY CAR IS EXCLUDED FROM ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS RECALL BASE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 25, 2010
I HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. JUST TODAY (9/25/10), MY 2003 VOLVO S60 BEGAN TO IRREGULARLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. WHILE I'M SLOWING DOWN, IT DOWNSHIFTS BY IT SELF, AND JUST DIES, AND WHILE I'M SLOWING DOWN, THE WARNING INDICATORS ON THE DASH ARE NOT LIT, AS IF NOTHING IS WRONG, BUT WHEN COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ARE LIT. TH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 16, 2007
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED A TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS AND THROTTLE BODY BE CLEANED, WHICH WAS COMPLETED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 27, 2010
THERE IS A LOW BEAM FAILURE INTERMITTENTLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I'M USING THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS OR THE BI-XENON HEADLIGHTS. THE BULB HAS BEEN REPLACED, FUSES CHECKED, WIRING CONNECTIONS CHECKED AND THE FAILURE CONTINUES. THE ONLY INCIDENT THIS HAS CAUSED HAS BEEN A WARNING FROM A POLICE OFFICER ABOUT GETTING IT REPAIRED. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AN... Read more
Incident date: Sep 19, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO V70. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THEN IT STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SINCE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON AND THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR NEEDED REPLACING. THE ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 21, 2010
ANGLE GEAR FAILED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH ON SIDE STREET. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AND ANGLE GEAR IN TRANSMISSION REPLACED. CAR HAD PERFECT DEALER MAINTENANCE RECORD AND TRANSMISSION HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED 4000 MILES PRIOR TO FAILURE - EXACTLY AS MANUFACTURER SCHEDULE RECOMMENDED. *TR
Incident date: Aug 13, 2009
SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING FAILURE IN THE SRS AIRBAG SYSTEM ON MY 2003 VOLVO CROSS COUNTRY WAGON. DEALER INVESTIGATED AND STATED THE CENTRAL COMPUTER ON THE AUTO HAD FAILED RESULTING IN A $1300 REPAIR. DEALER INDICATED THAT IF COMPUTER WAS NOT REPAIRED, AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT AND PRESENTS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. DEALER INDICATED AUTOMOBILE WOULD NOT BE SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOU... Read more
Incident date: May 18, 2010
TOOK THE CAR IN TO REPLACE TIRES(FRONT TIRES PREMATURELY WORN DOWN) THE MECHANIC NOTICED BROKEN STRUT COIL SPRING AND SUGGESTED MANUFACTURER DEFECT SINCE NORMAL SHOULD NOT BROKE THE SPRING, ESPECIALLY A CAR DESIGNED FOR OFF ROAD USE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE SPRINGS. *TR
Incident date: Sep 21, 2010
WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN ABOUT TWO OURS LEFT HEADLIGHT WENT OUT TWICE BUT CAME BACK ON, ALMOST FLICKERING MOTION. NOTICED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INSIDE CAR FLICKERED AS WELL. HEAD LIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN FOR THIRD TIME AND SO I PULLED OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND WAS FINE. CONTINUED DRIVING FOR ANOTHER 30 MINS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OUT DURING DRIVING. TO... Read more
Incident date: Aug 6, 2010
2003 VOLVO CONVENTIONAL, UNIT 1 WAS STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER WITH OVERHEATED ON THE TRAILER. THE HEAT CAUSED THE TIRES TO IGNITE WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE TRAILER TO IGNITE. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0327-89)*JB
Fire
Incident date: Aug 2, 2010
1999 VOLVO 770, ENTERING THE OHIO TURNPIKE, THE RIGHT SIDE STORAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OPENED AS UNIT 1 WAS MOVING FORWARD AND STRUCK THE TOLL BOOTH CAUSING DAMAGE. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0451-91)*JB
Crash
Incident date: Sep 12, 2010
I HAVE A 2006 VOLVO S-60 AND THE INTERIOR DOOR PANEL ON PASSENGER SIDE FAILED WHICH LEADS TO THE PASSENGER NOT BEING ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. *TR
Incident date: Sep 12, 2010
I HAVE A 2006 VOLVO S-60 AND THE INTERIOR DOOR PANEL ON PASSENGER SIDE FAILED WHICH LEADS TO THE PASSENGER NOT BEING ABLE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. *TR
Incident date: Sep 17, 2010
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON 2001 VOLVO V70 2.4T - TRANSMISSION SERVICE REQUIRED LIGHT IS ON, CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT IS ON, AS WELL AS ORANGE EXCLAMATION. ALSO NO DELAYED SHIFTS. GOT THE FEELING THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN I HEAR THE TRANSMISSION ?FALLING OUT OF PLACE? AND SHORTLY AFTER THE GAS PEDAL IS APPLIED THE TRANSMISSION GRABS WITH A HARD SLAM/AUDIBL... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2008
COMING HOME TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM A TRIP IN ARIZONA AND DRIVING AT NIGHT THOUGH THE NEVADA DESERT. WEATHER WAS NICE, DRY CONDITIONS, LIGHT TRAFFIC ( THE SUN HAD SET ABOUT 7:00 IN THE EVENING) - JANUARY 2008 AND WE WERE CRUISING AT ABOUT 65 MPH. AT ABOUT 50 MILES OUTSIDE BANNING THE CAR HAD A POWER SURGE, AND IT FELT AS IF WE WENT OVER A BUMP ON THE ROAD, THERE WAS A QUICK FLICKER IN ALL LI... Read more
Incident date: Sep 17, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO S80. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGIN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT ABNORMALLY. WITHIN MINUTES, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THERE WAS A PREVIOUS OPEN STEERING RECALL ON THE VEHICLE ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 18, 2010
I HAVE A 2005 VOLVO S40 2.4I WITH ABOUT 47K MILES AND I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE A/C. I LIVE IN HOUSTON (TX) WHERE IT GETS VERY HOT SO I HAVE TO HAVE THE A/C ON CONSTANTLY. WHEN I FIRST TURN THE CAR ON AND DRIVE OFF, THE A/C STARTS COOLING AND WORKING JUST FINE. HOWEVER, WHEN IT IS 90F OR ABOVE, THE A/C BEGINS TO BLOW WARM AIR AFTER A FEW MINUTES. WHEN THAT HAPPENS I HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND BA... Read more
Incident date: Sep 13, 2010
THIS VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED AT A SPEED IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES PER HOURS ON 9/12/2010 ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, ON 9/13/2010 ON THE BRUCKNER EXPRESSWAY AND ON 9/13/2010 ON THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE. IN THREE SEPARATE INSTANCES THE POWER STEERING FAILED ON THE VEHICLE WHICH VEERED ERRATICALLY TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID ON COMING TRAFFIC. THE PANEL LIGHTS ON THE CAR INDICATED STEERING FAILURE, BRAKE FAI... Read more