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Volvo 244

Every Volvo 244 model year on file, 1975 to 1993. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years61 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years121975 to 1993
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins30Summed across model years
By model year

The 1992 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 33% of the model's total

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

00.511.521975197619771978197919801983198619871991199221993
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Volvo 244 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
2
Airbags
2
Seat belts
1
Steering
1
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volvo 244 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 244 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1993Sedan10.04002
1992Sedan20.011103
1991Sedan10.05002
1987Not decoded0NoneNone102
1986Not decoded0NoneNone102
1983Sedan10.050002
1980Not decoded1100.0100002
1979Not decoded0NoneNone006
1978Not decoded0NoneNone102
1977Not decoded0NoneNone203
1976Not decoded0NoneNone502
1975Not decoded0NoneNone902
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo 244

  • 92V-134 Sep 20, 1992
    Nut which joins the wheel spindle and a ball joint in the front suspension was not properly torqued
    Suspension · 7,526 vehicles
  • 88V-064 Apr 14, 1988
    Micro processor in control units of cruise control system can be affected by a short duration voltage drop
    Speed control · 35k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.