Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1990 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.

2
Open recalls
47
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
66
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

47 filed
16
Crashes
5
Fires
8
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Vehicle Speed Control
    14
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    4
  • AIR Bags
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    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.

90V165000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE1990-09-06

FUEL DAMPER LOCATED BEHIND THE FUEL LINE AND THE FUEL RAIL MAY BE IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED. OVER TIME, THE SOLDER JOINTS COULD ALLOW A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL TO LEAK.

RiskFUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE,COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

FixREPLACE FUEL DAMPER.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA94015·AIR BAGS1994-04-20 → 1994-10-12

INADVERT. AIR BAG DEPLOYS

Led to recall94V185000

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