1995 VOLVO 940 Problems & Recalls

NOTICED GAS SMELL EVERY TIME I FILLED GAS LOOKED UNDER CAR AND NOTICED GAS PUDDLING UNDER CAR. ALSO GAS PUDDLING AFTER PARKING OF CAR. HAVE NOT TAKEN TANK DOWN AS OF YET TO TROUBLE SHOOT PROBLEM BUT BELIEVE IT TO BE A CRACKED GAS TANK AS THE AMOUNT OF GAS PUT INTO TANK BEFORE LEAKING HAS STEADILY DE...

Mileage: 180,000

1995 VOLVO 940 TURBO ODOMETER SUDDENLY BECAME INOPERATIVE. PROCEEDING THROUGH SCHOOL ZONES IS PRIMARY SAFETY ISSUE. INTERNET INVESTIGATION SHOWS PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE. COULD NOT MAKE CONTACT AT THEIR WEB SITE TO ALERT THEM. MAYBE YOU HAVE GREATER ACCESS. ODOMETER APPEARS TO BE MECHANICAL/ELECTRICA...

Mileage: 80,789

GASOLINE FUMES IN MY GARAGE, NO APPARENT EVIDENCE OF GAS LEAK IN CAR. THIS IS A 1995 VOLVO SEDAN 940 WITH 80000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE IT WAS NEW. NEXT DAY FUMES GREW STRONGER, WE THOUGHT IT WAS FROM LAWN MOWER GAS. ON THE 3RD DAY THE GAS WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. I ...

Mileage: 80,000

DT: 18 INCH RIM AND TIRES. TIRE CITY RECOMMENDED 18 INCH SACCHI RIMS AND TIRES FOR VEHICLE. CONSUMER ORDERED THE RIMS AND TIRES AND DID NOT GET TO SEE THEM. CALLED THE MECHANIC, AND HE ADVISED THE CONSUMER NOT TO GET THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SAFE FOR THIS VEHICLE , THEY WERE TOO LARGE. CALL...

DT: 18 INCH RIM AND TIRES. TIRE CITY RECOMMENDED 18 INCH SACCHI RIMS AND TIRES FOR VEHICLE. CONSUMER ORDERED THE RIMS AND TIRES AND DID NOT GET TO SEE THEM. CALLED THE MECHANIC, AND HE ADVISED THE CONSUMER NOT TO GET THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SAFE FOR THIS VEHICLE , THEY WERE TOO LARGE. CALL...

I OWN A 1995 VOLVO 940 TURBO WAGON. IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS, WE HAVE HAD RANDOM INCIDENTS OF THE CAR LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. THE SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT RANGES - ANYTHING FROM 35 TO 70. THERE IS NO INDICATION, SOUND OR VIBRATION TO INDICATE IT IS ABOUT TO CUT OFF. IF THE CAR SITS FOR ...

Mileage: 100,000

1995 VOLVO 940 WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL ACCIDENT AND NONE OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *MR ALSO WITH THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR AND DESTROYED THE FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE. (TOTALED) THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITHOUT ANY ...

WHILE DRIVING OVER A POT HOLE AT APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH FRONTAL AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

PIRRELY, P400 TOURING, SIZE P185/65R15, DOT CHFPH1410. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT TWO REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. *AK BOTH REAR TIRES SPLIT OPEN. *SC

MY 1995 VOLVO 940, VIN # [XXX], VEERS TO THE LEFT WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. REPLACED ROTORS, PADS, CALIPERS AND HOSES, AND TIRES AND ALIGNMENT ARE FINE. I SUSPECT A DEFECT IN ABS SYSTEM. THIS IS DANGEROUS.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)...

Mileage: 92,000

WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, SMOKE/STEAM WAS NOTICED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS PULLED INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE HOOD WAS OPENED. THE ELECTRIC COOLING FAN WAS SMOKING AND HAD STOPPED RUNNING. WHILE EXAMINING THE FAN, THE RADIATOR RUPTURED SP...

Mileage: 98,000

THE FRONT BUMPER OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT A ROCK AND THE PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER RECEIVED FACIAL INJURIES, A BROKEN NOSE AND LOST 24% OF HEARING. MR JG *JB

Mileage: 11,601

THIS IS THE 2ND MICHELIN TIRE THAT HAS SEPARATED ON THIS VEHICLE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THE CAR HANDLED EXTREMELY WELL. I HAVE WHAT IS LEFT OF THE TIRE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: 98005L TIRESIZE: 185 65R15)

RAINFORG RADIAL X, P185/65R15 DOT 4MNX, REPLACEMENT TIRE ON A 1995, VOLVO, 940S WITH APPROXIMATELY 10-15000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION .*AK

JUST HAD TIRES REPLACED FOR THE 3RD TIME AND OUR VEHICLE ONLY HAS 53,000 ORIGINAL MILES. WE HAVE OUR TIRES ROTATED EVERY 5,000 MILES. OUR FIRST SET OF TIRES WERE GOODYEARS 60,000 MILE WARRANTY AND OUR SECOND SET WERE FIRESTONE 80,000 MILE WARRANTY. NO ONE SEEMS TO NO WHY THEY ARE WEARING SO RAPI...

WIFE HEARD A THUMPING SOUND WHEN CAR WAS IN MOTION. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM CARCASS. WE ARE NOT POSITIVE OF MODEL OF FIRESTONE TIRE, BUT KNOW IT WAS FIRESTONE. ALL TIRES WERE REPLACED AND LEFT WITH DEALER SO FURTHER INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOW...

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND A SHARP TURN WAS MADE, A HISSING SOUND WAS HEARD. ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. A SECOND SIMILAR OCCURRENCE OCCURRED AFTERWARDS , BUT THERE WAS NO COLLISION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

IE97063, INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, AND THE AIR BAGS ON DRIVERS' SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DRIVER RECEIVED CUTS/ABRASIONS AND BRUISES FROM AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. ONLY DAMAGE TO THE VEHCLE WAS THE SHATTERED WINDS...

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED IN WHICH THE OCCUPANT PRESSED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. HAPPENED TWICE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT DEALER REPLACED MICRO SWITCH ON FIVE OCCASIONS. WHENEVER THE MICRO SWITCH FAILED TO OPERATE, CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PUSH THE OVERDRIVE BUTTON WITH TWO HANDS TO ENGAGE THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY ACCELERATOR PEDAL COLLAPSED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. DEALER INSPECTED/ REPAIRED VEHICLE, BUT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS NOT TO FOUND. *AK

BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED LESS THAN 5 MPH DURING FRONTAL IMPACT WITH GARAGE, CAUSING AIRBAGS TO CRACK WINDSHIELD. ALSO CAUSED INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A LESS THEN 5 MPH REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A LESS THEN 5 MPH REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS UPON IMPACT, RESULTED IN INJURIES. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A LOW IMPACT COLLISION, LESS THAN 10 MPH, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. NO COLLISION DAMAGE TO VEHICLE AT ALL. *AK

OWNER STATES THERE IS A CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD ON BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE, IT SPREADS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN, , BLOCKING VIEW OF DRIVER; ALSO, OWNER HAD PROBLEM REPAIRED, BUT IT RETURNED. *AK *JB

NO DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGERS AIR BAG.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY. *DH

LOCKING MECHANISM ON SHIFTER FAILED. *TT