Consumer Complaints
Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM - RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | |||
06/29/1995 | 1 | ||
The radiator separated at a seam and exploded with no leak. *ak | |||
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
04/25/2008 | |||
Tl*the contact owns a 1989 volvo 740. while driving approximately 15 mph, the vehicle began to excessively overheat. the contact pulled to the side of the road and noticed an oil leak under the hood. warning lights were illuminated on the instrument panel. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and it was discovered that the pc valve failed. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure and current mileages were unknown. | |||
07/15/1989 | |||
Veicle stopped, failed to function due to faulty timing belt. had to be towed to mechanic. *ak | |||
04/20/1999 | |||
The timing belt had broken while waiting at stop light. had started forward when vehicle failed to move. was towed to mechanic & was informed the problem was the timing gear. the timing belt needed to be replaced. *ak | |||
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
1 | |||
Engine failed resulting in fire. | |||
12/01/1991 | 3 | 06/01/1989 | |
Intermittent stalling. | |||
12/03/1996 | 1 | 02/01/1989 | |
Engine compartment fire. | |||
07/12/1996 | 1 | 08/01/1989 | |
The vehicle caught on fire, source unknown. *ak consumer states it appeared the electricial power cable from the battery to the starter motor caused the fire. *jb | |||
09/12/1989 | 3 | 08/01/1989 | |
The vehicle stalls out constantly due to the battery being drained for no reason. *ak consumer states that vehicle stalls soon after being started, it seems as though there is not enough gas to restart vehicle, it will eventually restart, vehicle was once repaired, it worked fine for a while and then started experiencing problems again. *slc | |||
06/04/1996 | |||
The car caught on fire from the engine twice. once when parked and the other time while driving. please describe. *ak | |||
02/19/1996 | |||
Engine, the vehicle was parked in the garage and the vehicle caught fire, engine compartment fire pe96-019. *ak | |||
05/29/1995 | 1 | ||
Engine caught on fire while vehicle was not running. tt |