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Volvo FE7

Every Volvo FE7 model year on file, 1985 to 1990. 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 years61985 to 1990
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins96Summed across model years
By model year

The 1988 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7511985198619871988119891990
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Seat belts leads the Volvo FE7 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts
1
Powertrain
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volvo FE7 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 FE7 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1990Not decoded0NoneNone1016
1989Not decoded0NoneNone1016
1988Truck10.0501016
1987Not decoded0NoneNone2016
1986Not decoded0NoneNone2016
1985Not decoded0NoneNone2016
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo FE7

  • 97V-158 Sep 18, 1997
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks
    Seat belts · 9,555 vehicles
  • 87V-081 Jun 1, 1987
    Tapered king pin may have been broken shortly after assembly into the axle
    Suspension · 2,132 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.