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Volvo 945

Every Volvo 945 model year on file, 1985 to 1998. 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 years141985 to 1998
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins69Summed across model years
By model year

The 1991 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.75119851987198919911199319951998
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Volvo 945 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volvo 945 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 945 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1998Not decoded0NoneNone009
1997Not decoded0NoneNone009
1996Not decoded0NoneNone008
1995Not decoded0NoneNone008
1994Not decoded0NoneNone008
1993Not decoded0NoneNone103
1992Not decoded0NoneNone103
1991Wagon10.020103
1990Not decoded0NoneNone003
1989Not decoded0NoneNone003
1988Not decoded0NoneNone003
1987Not decoded0NoneNone003
1986Not decoded0NoneNone003
1985Not decoded0NoneNone003
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo 945

  • 97V-166 Sep 22, 1997
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Electrical system · 9,684 vehicles
  • 95V-107 May 25, 1995
    Safety belt webbing guide (b-pillar "d" ring) can break under heavy loads
    Seat belts · 12k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.