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1986 Volkswagen 90 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 26, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jun 26, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1986 Volkswagen 90. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Brakes
Filed Jun 26, 2002

THERE ARE FREQUENT FAILURES OF THE ABS CONTROL UNIT ON THE 1996 VOLVO 850 MODEL. THIS CAN BE CONFIRMED BY SEARCHING YOUR OWN DATABASE, OR LOOKING ON WWW.BRICKBOARD.COM - A VOLVO WEB ENTHUSIASTS SITE. THIS FAILURE IS NOT A PASSIVE ONE - WHEN IT FAILS IT FALSE TRIGGERS CAUSING THE ABS TO ACTIVATE WHEN IT IS NOT NEEDED AND NOT WANTED. THIS ACTIVATION CAN AND DOES INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCES WHICH CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE CONTACTED VOLVO ABOUT THIS FAILURE AND THEY CLAIM IT IS NOT A PROBLEM THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION: [email protected].*AK

NHTSA ID
763500
Incident
Apr 1, 2002

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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