Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / 850 / 1993

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000158351 Incident Date: Sep, 30 2000
Consumer's City: DAYTON Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: 850 Model Year: 1993
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:fog lights
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS5509P2 Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 25 2001 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: During normal operation of vehicle, one of two factory installed "fog lamps" broke out of its holding bracket and started a fire, which burned the plastic for the lamp housing. dealership later repaired and replaced the fog lamp. then, during the beginning of august 2001, the other fog lamp broke loose and began to burn plastic lamp housing. consumer recognized problem and turned light off. dealership has not examined vehicle for the second occurrence. *ak dealer states the second occurrence was caused by faulty brackets also. *slc