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1987 Volvo 780 Owner Complaints

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

Data refreshed

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.
2
Latest Jul 8, 1997
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.
1
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 Jun 6, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 Volvo 780. 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 1–2 of 2

Heating & air conditioning
Filed Jul 8, 1997
Fire reported

PARKED VEHICLE OVERNIGHT, NEXT MORNING CAR FILLED WITH SMOKE; PASSENGER'S SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY HEATING ELEMENT. *AK *SLC

NHTSA ID
813946
Incident
Dec 1, 1996
Fuel system
Filed Jun 6, 1995

THE GAS TANK HAS RUPTURED BECAUSE THE DRIVE SHAFT IS TOO CLOSE. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

NHTSA ID
966388
Incident
May 29, 1995

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

Data on this page last refreshed .