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1989 Volvo Volvo White 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 Aug 15, 2001
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 Nov 18, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Volvo Volvo White. 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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EngineSuspensionTransmission
Filed Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SHIFTER RATTLES, VIBRATES AND IS VERY NOISY, IN ADDITION THE TRANSMISSION SHAKES, THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL INPUT IS LEAKING, DEALER FOUND EXCESSIVE PLAY AT INPUT IN FRONT DIFFERENTIAL, BAD U-JOINTS, EXCESSIVE METAL IN HOUSING, AND NOTED THAT HOUSING AND WHEEL BEARINGS WERE CONTAMINATED, INSTALLED YOKE ON DIFFERENTIAL, DRIVESHAFT REPLACED; CARRIER BEARING CAME APART AND DROPPED OUT, DEALER REPLACED CARRIER BEARING AND DRIVELINE. *TT

NHTSA ID
565200
Incident
Jan 26, 1998
Suspension
Filed Nov 18, 1999

EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT AXLE SUSPENSION HAS CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR AND DETERIORATION OF TIRES AND OTHER SUSPENSION COMPONENTS (SHACKLE BOLTS, SPRING HANGER, U-BOLT AND TIE RODS). MJS

NHTSA ID
549605
Incident
Apr 1, 1993

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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