1997 Volvo S90

Routine

Owners filed 7 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 › Frontal2
102
Visibility › Sun/Moon Roof Assembly1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
100
Suspension1
000
Seats › Front Assembly › Head Restraint1
000
Seat Belts1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 13, 2008125,000 milesAL

1997 VOLVO S90 INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON JUNE 5, 2006. MY VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AND PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A RATE OF SPEED OF 60 MILES PER HOUR. VEHICLE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I NOTIFIED THE VOLVO MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE AIRBAGS WAS PLACED INT HE VEHICLE FOR BASICALLY DECORATIONS AND NOT TO HELP SAVE LIVES. I HAD MY SEAT BELT ON WHICH WAS THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME FROM HAVING A SERIOUS INJURY. HOWEVER, MY BACK WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH. *TR

Air Bags › Frontal1 injured
Filed Jun 8, 2006146,825 milesAL

THREE CAR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON JUNE 5, 2006. MY CAR WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AND PUSHED ME INTO A SUV. MY CAR SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGES AND HAD TO BE TOTALED OUT. MY AUTOMOBILE WAS A 1997 VOLVO S90 4 DOOR SEDAN I PURCHASED NEW IN 1997. ON IMPACT FROM THE BACK AND FRONT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I TOOK PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT WAS TOWED BECAUSE I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A CAMERA ON HAND TO PROVE IT AND IT WAS ALSO NOTED BY THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER ON THE SCENE. I AM NOW SEEKING LEGAL REPRESENTATION BECAUSE I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF IT WERE NOT FOR MY SEAT BELTS. *NM

Visibility › Sun/Moon Roof Assembly
Filed Apr 30, 2004WA

I HAVE ENCOUNTERED REPEATED FAILURES WITH ONE PARTICULAR OPERATIONAL COMPONENT OF MY VEHICLE'S SUNROOF. IN TOTAL THE PART HAS FAILED 4 TIMES WHICH TO ME WOULD INDICATE TO ME AN INHERENT DEFECT IN THIS PART. VOLVO REFUSES TO ENTERTAIN ANY CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION FOR THE REPAIRS PAST THE VEHICLE WARRANTY PERIOD. *LA

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Jun 11, 2001NJ

CONSUMER PLACED VEHICLE IN REVERSE. VEHICLE SHOT BACKWARDS AND HIT A STEEL STATION. CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE WAS DONE, AND IT SHOT FORWARD, HITINGT A STORE PLATE GLASS WINDOW. INSURANCE TOTALED VEHICLE. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Sep 9, 1999NY

THE PLASTIC PIECE ON THE SEATBELTS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, USED FOR ADJUSTING THE BELTS FOR CSS OR ADULTS, BROKEN WHILE INSTALLING THE CSS. DEALER SAID THAT THE CSS MAY NOT BE THE PROPER ONE FOR THAT MODEL CAR. *AK

Seats › Front Assembly › Head Restraint
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

PASSENGER HEAD REST BLOCKS THE REAR VIEW. YH

Suspension
Filed Nov 17, 1997FL

VEHICLE VIBRATES, PULLS AND MAKES NOISE, CONTINUALLY.

7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20250300Routine
20241200Routine
20232300Routine
20222300Routine
20210200Routine
20203300Routine
20193410Routine
201816200Routine
20178400Routine
20160200Routine
19991000Routine
199825000Routine
1997 — this page7000Routine

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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.