Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1992 Volvo 245

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › windshield wiper/washer. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Suspension › Front92V134000
Filed Sep 20, 19927,526 vehiclesVolvo Cars Of Na, Inc.

Defect. A NUT WHICH JOINS THE WHEEL SPINDLE AND A BALL JOINT IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WAS NOT PROPERLY TORQUED.

Risk. THE BALL JOINT AND THE SUSPENSION STRUT CAN ULTIMATELYSEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER. THE WHEEL WILL REMAIN ATTACHED TO THE CAR, BUT LOSS OFSTEERING CONTROL WILL RESULT.

Remedy. INSPECT THE FRONT SUSPENSION FOR PROPER BALL JOINT ATTACHMENT AND REPLACE THE BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY IF IT DOES NOT MEET SPECIFICATIONS.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Mar 7, 1995GA

WIPER ARMS SECURED AT BASE BY NUT DOESN'T HAVE LOCK WASHER NUT BACKS OFF. RESULTING IN WIPER BLADES INTERLOCKING AND DESTROYING THEMSELVES. TT

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19931000Routine
1992 — this page1100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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Most recent recall on file: Sep 20, 1992. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.