Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / 855 / 1996

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998096819 Incident Date: Sep, 09 1998
Consumer's City: HOWELL Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: 855 Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS5549T1 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 25 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: In the first accident the subject vehicle was stopped and rear ended at approximately 50 mph and driven in the rear of another vehicle. the subject vehicle sustained 13000 dollars damage to the front end and to the rear. the airbags ( both front and side, did not deploy). one year later the same subject vehicle was involved in a second "near head on" collision and the air bags (both) failed to deploy again. in both crashes technical representatives from volvo inspected the vehicle and stated the airbags were not supposed to deploy. *ak