Year · Make · Model

1981 Volvo DL

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

1 filed

Crashes

Fires

Injuries reported

Fatalities reported

What people complain about

STEERING: Steering WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
1

Recalls

1 campaign

81V131000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1981-10-23

DUE TO INSUFFICIENT GROUNDING OF THE INTERNAL IGNITION DISTRIBUTOR PARTS, THE IGNITION COULD MISFIRE. THIS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT VEHICLE DRIVEABILITY AND LONGEVITY OF THE DISTRIBUTOR COMPONENTS.

FixALL AFFECTED VEHICLES WILL BE FITTED WITH MODIFIED IGNITION COMPONENTS. THIS INCLUDES A NEW DISTRIBUTOR HAVING IMPROVED GROUNDING. ALL VEHICLES WILL BE FITTED WITH A CAPACITOR TO REDUCE THE HIGH VOLTAGE PEAKS. THIS WILL BE DONE AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER.

NHTSA investigations

1 action

DP83002·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE1982-11-03 → 1983-03-10

IGNITION PROBLEMS, FLUID LEAKS AND STALL

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