Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
Component
Reports
Crashes
Fires
Injuries
Vehicle Speed Control
1
1
0
0
Suspension
1
0
0
0
Seats › Front Assembly › Head Restraint
1
1
0
0
Seat Belts › Front
1
0
0
0
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
1
0
0
0
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys
1
0
0
0
Air Bags › Side/Window
1
0
0
0
What owners reported
Newest filings
Suspension
Filed Jan 26, 2009152,000 milesPA
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 VOLVO 960. THE VEHICLE HAS MICHELIN XPS TRACTION TIRES. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE SUSPENSION FELT AS IF IT SNAPPED. THE CONTACT FELT A SCISSORING MOTION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. HE UTILIZED THE SPARE TIRE, WHICH CORRECTED THE FAILURE. HE SUSPECTED THAT THE TIRE OR THE BELT WAS FAULTY. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, HE FOUND THAT THE TIRE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT LIMITED TO THE TIRE ITSELF BECAUSE HE FELT THAT THERE WAS MORE OF A SUSPENSION FAILURE. THE VIN AND TIRE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys
Filed Oct 11, 2005141,000 milesGA
DT: CONTACT OWNS A 1993 VOLVO STATION WAGON 960. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY HEARD A LOUD NOISE, MOST OF THE LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD LIT UP. VEHICLE WAS IN TRAFFIC AND THE TEMPERATURE HAND DID NOT RISE. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME. THE THERMOSTAT BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE TEMPERATURE HAND NOT TO RISE. THE NEXT DAY WENT OUT TO CHECK UNDER HOOD AND BASICALLY FOUND THE SERPENTINE BELT OFF TRACK. THE CONTACT PUT THE SERPENTINE BELT BACK ON THE VEHICLE, THEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, AND FOUND THAT THE SPINNING BELT HAD IDLER PULLEY, BELT PULLEY, AND BELT TENSIONER. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE PARTS WERE ORDERED AND THEN THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED.*AK
Seat Belts › Front
Filed Dec 9, 2004NC
THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT TO NORMAL ITS POSITION WHICH MADE THE SEAT BELT LOOSE. *JB
Seats › Front Assembly › Head RestraintCrash
Filed Sep 27, 2002TN
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT A CURB AND A TREE. CONSUMER STATES THAT SEATBELTS FAILED TO HOLD PASSENGER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR
Air Bags › Side/Window
Filed Aug 14, 2001MD
FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Apr 20, 2000CA
CONSUMER SMELLED GASOLINE COMING FROM UNDER FUEL INJECTION RACK. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC. MECHANIC LIFTED UP THE HOOD, AND NOTICED FUEL INJECTION WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE ENGINE GASKET. *AK
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Oct 3, 1996NJ
CONSUMER STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
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.