Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1991 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.

1
Open recalls
19
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
65
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

19 filed
7
Crashes
1
Fires
7
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    6
  • AIR Bags
    3
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    1
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
    1
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
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.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
EA94015·AIR BAGS1994-04-20 → 1994-10-12

INADVERT. AIR BAG DEPLOYS

Led to recall94V185000

PE93095·AIR BAGS1993-11-23 → 1994-04-20

INADVER.AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT

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