Year · Make · Model

1988 Volvo 740

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.

Open recalls

NHTSA complaints

Defect investigations

Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

16 filed

Crashes

Fires

Injuries reported

Fatalities reported

What people complain about

Electrical SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
3
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
2
AIR Bags
2
Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
2
Vehicle Speed Control
2
Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
2
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
1
Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
1

Recalls

2 campaigns

91V075000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1991-05-06

SAFETY BELTS ARE DESIGNED TO BE ROUTED UNDER A DIAGONAL CROSS BRACE DURING FASTENING. THE INSTRUCTIONAL LABELS FOR THE BELT ROUTING ARE INADEQUATE, AND CAN RESULT IN INADVERTENT RELEASE OF THE BELT BUCKLE.

RiskCONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: SAFETY BELT MISUSE COULD CAUSE THE SEAT OCCUPANT TO FACE GREATER RISK OF INJURY IN A SUDDEN STOP OR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IF AN INADVERTENT RELEASE OF THE SAFETY BELT OCCURRED.

FixINSTALL LABELS TO INSTRUCT THE USER IN PROPER SAFETY BELT ROUTING; ALSO REPLACE SAFETY BELT BUCKLES.

89V204000·POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT1989-11-17

DRIVESHAFT COULD CONTACT THE FUEL TANK AND SCORE AND SCRAPE OUTER SURFACES OF THE TANK AT THE POINT OF CONTACT.

RiskA SMALL LEAK COULD DEVELOP WHICH COULD , IN THE PRESENCEOF AN IGNITION SOURCE, RESULT IN A FIRE.

FixREPLACE FUEL TANK AND/OR INSTALL PROTECTIVE DEVICE BETWEEN DRIVESHAFT AND THE TANK.

NHTSA investigations

1 action

PE96019·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES1996-03-04 → 1996-05-21

BATTERY CABLE SHORT

Led to recall96V085000

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