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Volvo 700

Every Volvo 700 model year on file, 1982 to 2003. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years71 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years191982 to 2003
Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins134Summed across model years
By model year

The 1998 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 43% of the model's total

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

012319821984198619881990199219941996199832003
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the Volvo 700 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
2
Visibility and wipers
1
Engine and cooling
1
Wheels
1
Lighting
1
Powertrain
1
Steering
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volvo 700 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 700 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2003Wagon20.0500012
2000Sedan20.060010
1998Not decoded333.3300009
1997Not decoded0NoneNone0013
1996Not decoded0NoneNone0012
1995Not decoded0NoneNone0011
1994Not decoded0NoneNone0011
1993Not decoded0NoneNone105
1992Not decoded0NoneNone117
1991Not decoded0NoneNone116
1990Not decoded0NoneNone116
1989Not decoded0NoneNone016
1988Not decoded0NoneNone016
1987Not decoded0NoneNone005
1986Not decoded0NoneNone003
1985Not decoded0NoneNone003
1984Not decoded0NoneNone003
1983Not decoded0NoneNone003
1982Not decoded0NoneNone003
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo 700

  • 94V-185 Sep 28, 1994
    Vehicle description: passenger cars
    Airbags ยท 269k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.