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Volvo 242

Every Volvo 242 model year on file, 1975 to 1983. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years51975 to 1983

Recall campaigns0Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins15Summed across model years

By model year

The 1983 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Suspension leads the Volvo 242 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension

Engine and cooling

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Volvo 242 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Volvo 242 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
1983	Coupe	1	0.0	100	0	2
1978	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	2
1977	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	7
1976	Not decoded	0	None	None	5	2
1975	Not decoded	0	None	None	9	2

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo 242

No recall campaign lists this model.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.