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Volvo DL

Every Volvo DL model year on file, 1981 to 1990. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years122 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years71981 to 1990

Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins14Summed across model years

By model year

The 1983 model year drew the most complaints, 3, 25% 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

Electrical system leads the Volvo DL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Steering

Equipment

Speed control

Tires

Lighting

Powertrain

Engine and cooling

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Volvo DL 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 DL by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
1990	Sedan	2	0.0	20	0	0	2
1986	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	0	2
1985	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	0	2
1984	Wagon	3	0.0	100	0	0	2
1983	Wagon	3	33.3	300	0	0	2
1982	Sedan	1	100.0	100	1	0	2
1981	Wagon	1	0.0	67	1	1	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo DL

82V-134 Dec 28, 1982
Increased resistance in the system wiring connectors due to the possible presence of lacquer, plastic residue on the pins and imperfect pin…
Electrical system · 31k vehicles
81V-131 Oct 23, 1981
Due to insufficient grounding of the internal ignition distributor parts, the ignition could misfire
Electrical system · 5,750 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.