Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 99V236000 | VOLVO CARS OF NA, INC. | from 01/01/1997 to 08/01/1999 | V (Vehicle) | 124381 | 09/15/1999 | MFR | VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC. | 08/30/1999 | 08/30/1999 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. the frontal passenger air bag may be overly sensitive to certain electrostatic discharge. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could possibly cause an inadvertent deployment. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install an additional ground wire in the passenger side to assure sufficient grounding. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Owner notification began september 15, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact volvo at 1-800-458-1552.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | ||||||
| PE99040 | VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC. | 06/07/1999 | 10/27/1999 | INADVERTENT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT | ||
| Alleged that the side air bag may deploy without a side impact crash | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 12/13/2001 | 85000 | 1 | 04/09/1998 |
| Abs/ traction computer failure, premature brake failure, side airbag deployed falsely (volvo v 70 awd cross country). *nlm | |||
| 10/20/2002 | |||
| Consumer noticed the knee bolster component of the air bag is missing in the vehicle. therefore doesn't complies with the federal motor vehicles safety standards (fmvss). dealer do not agreed. please provide further inforfamation. ts | |||
| 08/30/2002 | 1 | 08/01/2001 | |
| My vehicle was in park, and my 8-year-old daughter closed the front passenger door from outside the car. the side airbag deployed for no apparent reason. i have contacted volvo, and they inspected the car on sept. 5. they promised to give me a full report along with a decision on whether or not they would pay for the repair within a week. it's been almost three weeks, and they still have not supplied the report or a decision despite several phone calls that i have made to them. they say that they will gladly pay for the repair if it's their fault, but they continue to put me off and seem to be looking for an excuse not to cover the cost of repair. nlm | |||
| Recall 99v236000. dealer can't get parts. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 11/24/2008 | 1 | ||
| We had tons of problems with the car immed. after purchase-check engine light was always coming on,car stalling,light coming on dashboard,car noises, engine leaks. the car could not be fixed by carmax as far as check engine light is concerned so we brought the car to a volvo dealer. check engine light was repaired numerous times yet still came back on. i never got any recall letters concerning frontal airbag issues in 1998 volvo. i always had a fear that all of the electrical problems-dashboard lights,check engine light-would result in a safety problem. i want to know if the airbags were connected and if the car had previously been in a wreck. did carmax check to see if the srs system was working?*tr | |||
| 12/12/2007 | 60000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 1998 volvo v70. while driving between 35-40 mph, the contact attempted to make a left turn and crashed into another vehicle. the air bags failed to deploy. both vehicles sustained front end damage and were towed. a police report was filed. the current and failure mileages were 60,000. updated 03/06/08. *lj | |||
| 08/08/2003 | 106000 | 1 | 10/01/1997 |
| While driving at 20 mph the vehicle was in a frontal collision and none of the air bags deployed upon impact. driver sustained cracked ribs and other injuries. *ak *scc *jb | |||
| 03/25/1999 | 04/01/1998 | ||
| While driving at approximately 45-50 mph driver rearened another vehicle . upon impact, dual airbags did not deploy, driver hit steering wheel, sustaining injuries with seatbelt on. no indictation of airbag being inoperative. 15,000 worth of damage to front end.*ak | |||
| While driving at 45-50 mph driver rearended another vehicle. upon impact, dual airbags did not deploy, causing driver to hit steering wheel, and resulting in injuries even thoufg seat belt was worn. no indictation of airbags being defective. *ak | |||
| 11/03/1998 | |||
| While driving 45 mph on wet pavement going around a curb, the front passenger's tire blew out, causing the consumer to hit a wall. upon impact, driver's side and the passenger's side air bags didn't deploy. *ak | |||