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1998 Volvo 660 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 Jul 17, 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.
0
Reports on file since Jul 17, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1998 Volvo 660. 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

Showing 1–5 of 5

Brakes
Filed Jul 17, 2002

AIR LEVELING VALVES MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN AIR BAGS LOSING AIR.DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID
8014090
Powertrain (other)
Filed Jul 17, 2002

DRIVESHAFT BECAME INOPERABLE , UNABLING VEHICLE TO MOVE/ HAS COME APART. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

NHTSA ID
8014087
Transmission
Filed Jul 17, 2002

WHILE DRIVING CLUTCH CYLINDER WILL STICK AND OR LOCK UP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO DISENGAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, HAS NO REMEDY FOR PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID
8014085
Steering
Filed Jul 17, 2002

STEER SHAFT WOULD LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING AND BECOME INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, HAS NO REMEDY.*AK

NHTSA ID
8014083
Suspension
Filed Jul 17, 2002

AXLE:REAR: U BOLTS FAILED, RESULTING IN VEHICLE BECOMING INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED;HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO FIND REMEDY FOR PROBLEM. THERE ARE 15 OTHER VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS.**AK

NHTSA ID
8014081

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.

Data sources

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