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Volvo GL

Every Volvo GL model year on file, 1982 to 1990. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years31 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years31982 to 1990

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins6Summed across model years

By model year

The 1982 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% 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 GL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

Engine and cooling

Brakes

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Volvo GL 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 GL by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
1990	Sedan	1	100.0	10	0	2
1984	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	2
1982	Sedan	1	0.0	100	1	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo GL

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

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.