Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Volvo 960 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 VOLVO 960. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD AN EXTREMELY STRONG GASOLINE FUEL ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,289. UPDATED 07/21/11 *BF UPDATED 07/28/11
IN EARLY MORNING COLD STARTUPS, THERE ARE GAS FUMES THAT ARE PRESENT. THEY EVENTUALLY DISAPPEAR AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING. I KNOW THERE MUST BE A FUEL LEAK ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE. *TR
FUEL RAIL LEAKING GASOLINE ON ENGINE. SMELL INSIDE CABIN MAKING ME SICK. GARAGE SMELLED AS WELL. AFTER DRIVING, THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY. *JB
THE FUEL RAIL ON MY 1995 VOLVO 960 LEAKS. IT LEAKS AT THE PLUG ON THE END OF THE RAIL. IT LEAKS A STEADY STREAM OF GAS THAT POURS OVER MY ENGINE. AFTER REVIEWING VOLVO USER FORUMS IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS TYPE OF VOLVO. IT IS A SEVERE FIRE HAZARD! WHY HAVEN'T YOU FORCED THE DEALER TO ISSUE A RECALL NOTICE?
THE FUEL RAIL HAS A MANUFACTURING HOLE AT ITS FRONT END, WHICH IS PERMANENTLY PLUGGED BEFORE INSTALLATION. IN RECENT WEEKS, THIS PLUG BEGAN LEAKING RAW GASOLINE, WHICH IS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE WITHIN THE FUEL RAIL TO SUPPLY FUEL TO THE FUEL INJECTORS. THE SOURCE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY EVIDENT, UNTIL JANUARY 25TH, WHEN THE FUMES BECAME SICKENING. AT THAT TIME, WE OBSERVED RAW FUEL DROPLETS LEAKING PAST THIS FUEL RAIL PLUG ON THE ENGINE. WE IMMEDIATELY KILLED THE ENGINE. IN TALKING WITH VOLVO DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL, THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION, INDICATING THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE. MY IMPRESSION IS THAT IT IS HAPPENING MANY MORE TIMES THAN IT SHOULD, CONSIDERING THE FIRE HAZARD THAT FUEL CAN BE. OBVIOUSLY, NO ONE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME NUMBERS, BUT MY CONCERN IS OBVIOUS. THE REPLACEMENT FUEL RAIL (P/N 9179348) IS FOR THE S90, SUGGESTING TO ME THAT THE PROBLEM WITH 960 FUEL RAILS IS WIDESPREAD, SUCH THAT A DIFFERENT PART OR A REDESIGN IS NEEDED. THE TWO FUEL RAILS ARE DISSIMILAR, SO ADDITIONAL PARTS ARE REQUIRED TO MATCH THE NEW RAIL TO THE 960 MODEL. IN MY OPINION, THIS ISSUE IS WORTH INVESTIGATING FOR POSSIBLE RECALL. FYI I DO MOST OF MY OWN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS, SO I HAVE FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS SITUATION.
FUEL RAIL END CAP SEAL HAS FAILED AFTER ONLY 77,000 MILES. *AK
FUEL INJECTOR FAILED AND FUEL LEAKED INTO EXHAUST SYSTEM. YH
SHORT IN ELECTRICAL WIRING RESULTED IN A FIRE; ALSO ALARM/ EMISSION CONTROL/DEVICES/FUEL SYSTEM FAILURES. *AK
VANITY MIRROR SHORTS OUT.
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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