Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2000 Volvo 740

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels › rim. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels › Rim1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Dec 7, 200552,589 milesNY

WHILE DRIVING ON I-95 IN MA AT 65 MPH DURING RUSH-HOUR,WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER, THE ETM LIGHT ON MY 2000 VOLVO XC V70 CAME ON AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER. I NARROWLY ESCAPED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN (AGES 9 AND 1). I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AT MAXIMUM 35 MPH TO THE NEAREST EXIT RAMP AND CALL FOR HELP. THE REPAIRS (REPLACED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE) COST $1100. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *NM

Wheels › Rim
Filed Apr 4, 2001KS

VEHICLE HAS 4 BENT RIMS AND TWO TIRES THAT ARE ROAD HAZARDOUS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1990
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20021000Routine
2000 — this page2000Routine
19982000Routine
19951000Routine
19932000Routine
19928020Routine
199119110Routine
199047250Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.