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2013 Volvo V40 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 Feb 15, 2019
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 Feb 15, 2019

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2013 Volvo V40. 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.

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Filed Feb 15, 2019

HELLO . I APPOLOGIZE FROM MY BROKEN ENGLISH. THERE IS URGENT AND IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE ABOUT VOLVO 2014 V40 AND PROPABLY SIMILAR VOLVO 2014 MODELS . ALL V40 S , IN NIGHT LIGHT , NIGHT TIME DARKNESS, LOOSE THEIR COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM EVERY EXACTLY 18 MINUTES OF ENGINE RUNING TIME . YOU MUST STOP ENGINE , SWITCH OFF ENGINE AND START AGAIN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM TO ANOTHER 18 MINUTES TIME . IT IS OBVIOUSLY SOFTWARE MALFUNCTION . WE HAVE 3 VOLVO V40 S IN OUR FAMILY , 2 IS MINE. EVERY 3 V40 S HAVE SAME PROBLEM. IN DAY LIGHT WORKS VERY GOOD . IN NIGHT WORKS GOOD TOO FOR JUST 18 MINUTES FROM START ENGINE .IN THIS CASE ALL OF CONNECTED PREVENTIONAL SYSTEMS LIKE LANE KEEPING AID AND PEDESTRIAN DETECTION AND COLLISION WARNING AND AUTOBRAKE SWITCHES OFF PERMANENTLY WITHOUT ALLERT OR NOTIFICATION TO DRIVER . IT IS FATAL PROBLEM . PLEASE PLEASE SUE VOLVO FOR THIS PROBLEM . BECAUSE THEY KNOW VERY WELL ABOUT THIS MALFUNCTION AND DO NOTHING FOR IT . I TOLD THEM AND THEY SAID YOU CAN NOT SUE US FROM TEHRAN. AND WE WE DO NOT LET THIS PROBLEM PUBLICATE TO PEOPLE ! IT IS NOT ABOUT COUNTRY OR REGION , EVERYONE CAN BE KILLED IN SUCH CRASH ANYWHERE OF THE WORLD . IF YOU WANT DEEDS OR PHOTOS OR TESTS I CAN HELP YOU . THANK YOU .

NHTSA ID
11180205
Incident
Feb 5, 2018
Mileage
1,000 mi

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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