1992 Volvo 940

Routine

Owners filed 16 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags › Frontal4
201
Structure › Body › Door2
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
100
Unknown or Other1
000
Tires1
000
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch1
000
Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Electrical System › Ignition › Switch1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 9, 2007180,000 milesTX

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN IN A 1992 VOLVO 940 GL WITH 180,000 FAILURE MILEAGE WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR AND PUSHED HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE CONTACT WILL CALL THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER CONCERNING THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING. *AK UPDATED 05/21/07. *JB

Air Bags
Filed Apr 8, 2004NY

DRIVER SUSTAINED ABRASIONS AND CHEMICAL SKIN BURNS TO BOTH ARMS WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. *PH *MR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 3, 200480,000 milesNJ

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED.*AK IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE FLYWHEEL BROKE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET THE VEHICLE TO START DURING COLD WEATHER. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE ONLY PROBLEM THE DEALER FOUND WAS THAT THE HEATER WAS BLOWING COLD AIR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT. *NM

Tires
Filed Aug 29, 2000OK

THIS MODEL BRIDGESTONE TIRE IS NOT CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE RECALL, BUT CLEARLY SHOULD BE. THIS TIRE SEPARATED, LUCKILY, AT LOW SPEED. HOWEVER, THE PREVIOUS THREE DAYS, I HAD DRIVEN AT 70 MPH FOR 1 TO 2 HOURS ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS. THIS COMPANY CLEARLY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THEIR ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AT ALL PLANTS AND WITH ALL TIRES. THEY ARE CLEARLY PUTTING MY SAFETY, MY FAMILY'S SAFETY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S SAFETY AT RISK.( DOT NUMBER: EM&KDLF178 TIRE SIZE: 55HR16 )

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Sep 8, 1999MD

NO SUMMARY

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Apr 26, 1999CA

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE SOMETHING SPARKED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JERK AND ACCELERATE. WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED- BRAKE'S VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING,CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO RUN INTO A TREE. *AK

Unknown or Other
Filed Oct 4, 1998TN

WHEN IT RAINS THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO START OR WILL NOT START AT ALL.

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Mar 6, 1998NC

AIR CONDITIONER HAS HAD TO HAVE COOLANT ADDED EVERY YEAR IF NOT TWICE A YEAR SINCE PURCHASE.

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Feb 11, 1998UT

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A 40 MPH HEAD-ON COLLISION.

Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Feb 11, 1998UT

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING 40-45 MPH COLLISION.

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Aug 28, 1997GA

THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WILL NOT LATCH, WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK *SLC

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jan 21, 1997MD

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Oct 1, 1996VA

THIRD BRAKE LIGHT HAS BEEN ADDED AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT; IT IS POORLY SECURED TO TRIM PANEL AND NOT SECURED AT ALL TO REAR WINDOW. *AK

Electrical System › Horn
Filed May 29, 1996NY

HORN FAILS TO WORK USUALLY WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Apr 25, 1995FL

VEHICLE NOT EQUIPPED WITH INTERLOCK SYSTEM, ALLOWING TRANSMISSION TO BE SHIFTED WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION. *SKD

Electrical System › Ignition › Switch
Filed Mar 28, 1995GA

KEY CAN COME OUT OF THE IGNITION WHEN THE CAR IS NOT IN PARK. TT

16 of 16 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19982000Routine
19971000Routine
199527000Routine
199441000Routine
199323120Routine
1992 — this page16000Routine
199111230Routine
19901000Routine

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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.