Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Volvo 240

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
12
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
64
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

12 filed
1
Crashes
2
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    3
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Power Train
    2
  • Exterior LIGHTING:TAIL Lights
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING System
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
86V129000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1986-09-15

IN THE EVENT OF A LOW SPEED FRONTAL IMPACT, ENGINE MOVEMENT COULD CAUSE THE THROTTLE CABLE SLEEVE TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE ADJUSTING FITTING AND NOT RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION OR IDLE POSITION. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THIS OCCURS AN INCREASE IN ENGINE SPEED WOULD RESULT, MAKING CAR DIFFICULT TO CONTROL IN A POST COLLISION ENVIRONMENT, WHICH CAN CAUSE MORE SERIOUS DAMAGE AND/OR INJURIES.

FixREPLACE THROTTLE CABLES.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
DP89009·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1989-06-13 → 1989-10-18

FUEL SYSTEM RELIABILITY

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