Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / S40 / 2006

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007114581 Incident Date: Aug, 06 2007
Consumer's City: CHICAGO Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: S40 Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 06 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 28 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1. severe summer thunderstorms and rain. 2. drove approximately 1 mile and right blinker stayed solid green after turning. drove about a mile further onto highway entrance ramp and car indicator lights flashed abs brake failure and air bag failure, then all car instruments (gas gauge, speedometer, tachometer, etc) failed for about five minutes. instruments came back on but abs brake and air bag failure continued to flash for about 1 more minute. drove directly to dealership. 3. service department took the car right in and applied grease to the harness connector which should alleviate problems as they are known to get wet and corrode. please note this is a 2006 model as i have read on the website that the 2004 model has the exact same problem. additionally, driver side door locks and power windows intermittently inoperable leading up to this failure. had a scheduled appointment to remedy this situation but brought the car in early as the car was inoperable without instruments. *jb