1998 Volvo S90

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/16/1998· VISIBILITY

  WINDOW SURFACES APPEAR ETCHED MAKING VISIBILITY POOR AT NIGHT AND DURING RAIN.

• 11/19/2014· TIRES

  MICHELIN TIRES - PILOT SPORT A/S SPORT PLUS- 205/55/ZR16. TIRE SIDE WALLS ARE SEPARATING - THIS PROBLEM IS KNOW AS CHUNKING. TIRES ARE UNSAFE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

• 11/03/1999· AIR BAGSCrash

  I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON 8/2/99 THAT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH IMPACT TO CAUSE $15,500 DAMAGE TO MY CAR. THE FRONT END WAS DEMOLISHED. THE ENGINE WAS PUSHED BACK, BOTH FRAME RAILS WERE BENT AND REPLACED. THE SRS DID NOT DEPLOY. I CONTACTED VOLVO TO LOOK AT THE CAR BEFORE IT WAS REPAIRED TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT AND THE SRS AS TO ITS PROPER WORKING CONDITION. THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND SOMEONE WITHIN 10 DAYS. NO ONE SHOWED SO I SENT PHOTOS. THEY DENIED BASED ON PHOTOS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF CONCERN FOR ME AND MY SAFETY FROM THIS MANUFACTURER. ALL WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE SAID IN THEIR OPINIONS THE SRS MALFUNCTIONED. MY INJURIES ARE A BULGING DISK IN MY NECK ALONG WITH NERVE DAMAGE AND A BRUISED, DISLOCATED COLLARBONE (NOW HEALED). PLEASE HELP ME FIND INFORMATION ON THE SRS AND ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OR REPORTED MALFUNCTIONS.

• 10/29/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS INTERMITTENTLY FAILS. BRAKES WORK IF SYSTEM ON, BRAKES WORK WHEN SYSTEM OFF. TRANSITIN FROM ON TO OFF RESULTS IN MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKES. MANY REPEATED INCIDENTS, VOLVO CLAIMS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.

• 10/27/2010· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER FROM REGARDING VOLVO PROBLEMS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WOULD RACE IN AN ERRATIC MANNER FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON AS HIGH AS 5,000 RPM'S. USING THE BRAKE HAD NO EFFECT. THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. *JB

• 10/25/2000· STRUCTURE

  TO OPEN THE HOOD , THE HOOD RELEASE IS LOCATED INSIDE THE CAB OF THE TRACTOR, LIKE YOU WOULD FIND INSIDE A CAR OR PICK -UP TRUCK. IF IT IS NOT ADJUSTED RIGHT AT TIME OF PURCHASE THE HOOD TENDS TO POP OPEN ON IT'S ON AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IF YOU COME TO A STOP OR HIT ABUMP IN THE ROAD IT DOES FLY OPEN ON IT'S ON. ON THE DATE MENTIONED ABOVE THE DRIVER WAS ON HIS WAY TO A DELIVERY APPX.150 MILES FROM HOME TERMINAL WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURED. THERE IS NO WAY TO ADD ANY TYPE OF TEMPORARY FIX AS THERE IS NO WAY TO BUNGEE CORD IT DOWN ANYWHERE ON THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE HOOD, BELIEVE ME I HAVE TRIED AS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS .I ALSO HAVE A 2000 VOLVO WHERE THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM. ALSO THERE HAS BEEN A TIME OR TWO WHEN I COULD NOT OPEN THE HOOD WHICH I FEEL COULD BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD DUE TO UNFORSEEN PROBLEM SUCH AS A ENGINE FIRE ETC.. THE TRUCK LOOKS GOOD WITHOUT THE LATCHES ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT BELIEVE ME I'VE HAD A FEW EXCITING MOMENTS FROM THE HOOD POPPING OPEN ON ME AS I'M COMING TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. LUCKILY THE TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.

• 10/24/2003· STEERING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT

  TRANSMISSION SHIFTER STICKS CONSTANTLY. CURRENTLY, IT STICKS IN PARK. VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *AK NOISES COMING FROM STEERING. GEAR SHIFT DID NOT RELEASE, WASHERS ARE INOPERABLE, KEY STICKS IN IGNITION.*TS ALSO THE POWER STEERING RACK AND ANTENNA WERE REPLACED. *JB

• 09/22/1999· EQUIPMENT

  AIR CONDITIONER O-RING FAILED CAUSING LEAKAGE. MJS

• 09/20/2006· PARKING BRAKE

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PERFORMING A STATE INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE PARKING BRAKE LINES WERE WORN AND FRACTURED. THE PARKING BRAKE LINES WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED FOR THE SAME CONDITION, BUT THE PROBLEM HAD REOCCURRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.

• 09/17/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE LINE IS FRAYED WITHOUT ANYTHING TOUCHING THE LINE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 09/08/1999· STRUCTURE,EQUIPMENT

  AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK. AIR CONDITIONING.

• 09/08/1999· EQUIPMENT

  RADIO ANTENNA FAILURE.

• 09/07/2004· VISIBILITY

  THE SUN ROOF STRUTS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WHEN TRYING TO OPEN/CLOSE THE SUN ROOF. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ONCE, BUT THE CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *JB

• 09/01/2005· POWER TRAIN

  I AM THE OWNER OF A 1998 VOLVO S90 WITH 69,000 MILES. THE ETM UNIT ON THE CAR HAS FAILED. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT AND FOUND THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THAT CAR. IT CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO ACT ERRATICALLY. MY MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THAT EVEN IF I CHANGE IT , IT WILL FAIL AGAIN IN A SHORT WHILE BECAUSE IT HAS A BAD DESIGN. I HAVE CONTACTED VOLVO ABOUT IT, AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT TO HAVE THIS COMPLAINT REGISTERED IN CASE VOLVO IS MADE TO CORRECT THIS THROUGH SOME LAWSUIT OR OTHER. *NM

• 08/07/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PADS ARE BURNING OUT. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP 13 TIMES FOR REPLACEMENT OF BRAKES AND PADS.*AK *JB

• 06/04/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS. THIS RESULTS IN BRAKE VIBRATION AND PREMATURE/EXCESSIVE WEARING OF BRAKES. VOLVO IS APPARENTLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS INSTRUCTED DEALERS AS TO WHAT TO DO BUT HAS NEGLECTED TO ISSUE A TECHNICAL BULLETIN.

• 05/16/2000· STEERING,SUSPENSION,TRAILER HITCHES

  WHILE DRIVING SEMI-TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD, HINGES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLEEPER, BROKE. THIS CAUSED THE WINDOW TO FLAP BACK & FORTH. THE TOP HINGES WERE FINE. ALSO, FRONT END TIRES WORE OUT EXCESSIVELY. TIRES CHANGED 3 TIMES DURING LAST 184,000 MILES. IN ADDITION, POWER STEERING PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. HAD A FLUID FLOWING PROBLEM. VOLVO REQUESTED NOT TO BRING TRUCK IN. *AK

• 04/18/2001· STRUCTURE

  (CONSUMER WORKS IN A PHYSICIANS OFFICE AND IS WRITING IN CONCERNING A PATIENT'S VEHICLE) VEHICLE IS MANUFACTURER WITH REAR FACING THIRD SEAT/CHILD SEATS, DURING VEHICLE COLLISION OUT OF THE FIVE OCCUPANTS THE ONLY ONE INJURED WAS THE LITTLE BOY IN THE THIRD ROW SEAT. CONSUMER FEELS THIS DESIGNS PUTS CHILDREN IN A VULNERABLE POSITION. *MJS

• 04/04/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES AND ROTORS FAILED. NLM

• 03/30/2000· POWER TRAINCrash

  I WILL EMAIL A LETTER DESCRIBING THE TRACTION CONTROL PROBLEM. *AK

• 03/24/2003· VISIBILITY

  THE SUNROOF TRACK PANEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED WHILE THE SUNROOF WAS LIFTED OPEN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *NLM

• 03/15/2010· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE BACKING INTO MY GARAGE ON 2/6/2010, MY 1998 VOLVO S90 SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. I REALIZED THAT THE CAR WAS SPEEDING AND I APPLIED THE BRAKE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CAR WAS GOING SO FAST THAT IT CRASHED INTO A WOODEN PLATFORM IN MY GARAGE. THE PLATFORM AND MY CAR WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE PLATFORM HAS BEEN REPAIRED; BUT MY CAR WAS TOTALED (>$5000.00 IN DAMAGES). I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL VOLVO DEALER AND VOLVO CUSTOMER CAR AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

• 03/14/2006· VISIBILITY

  1988 VOLVO S90 SUNROOF HAS BROKEN DOWN REPEATEDLY SINCE IT WAS NEW. IT WOULD TYPICALLY WORK APPROXIMATELY A FEW TIMES THEN MALFUNCTION UNEXPECTEDLY WITH BROKEN PIECES RAINING DOWN UPON THE HEADS OF THE FRONT OCCUPANTS, POSING A DANGER TO DRIVING. AFTER THE MALFUNCTION IT WOULD THEN NOT BE OPERABLE AT ALL, POSING A THREAT TO WEATHER DAMAGE, THEFT, ETC. AFTER REPAIRING IT SEVERAL TIMES, BOTH THE DEALER (DICK DYER VOLVO OF COLUMBIA, SC) AND VOLVO REFUSED TO FIX IT ANY MORE UNDER WARRANTY, EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS EXACTLY AT 50,000 MILES AND LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD. BOTH THE DEALER AND VOLVO CLAIMED THE WARRANTY WAS GOOD UP TO, BUT NOT INCLUDING, 50,000 MILES. *JB

• 02/21/2002· TIRES

  REAR TIRE EXPLODED SENDING THE TRUCK OUT OF CONTROL.

• 02/16/1999· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHILE DRIVING, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS, HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PULLING PROBLEM.

• 02/01/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  DESIGN OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS LOCATED FURTHER TO THE LEFT THAN OTHER VEHICLES RESULTING IN ACCIDENTAL APPLICATION TO BRAKE PEDAL WHEN EXTENDING TO PUSH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. YH

• 02/01/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON. *YC

• 02/01/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL MAKES FAST BRAKING INCONVENIENT/FADING. YH

• 02/01/1999· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  LEFT REAR DOOR LOCK FAILED.

• 02/01/1999· STRUCTURE

  INSIDE MAIN LOCK SWITCH ON THE DASHBOARD FAILED. MJS

• 02/01/1999· STRUCTURE

  DOOR PANEL FAILED. YH

• 02/01/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PADS FAILED. YH

• 01/21/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 01/20/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING AT REGULAR SPEED ENGINE CUT OFF WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK

• 01/09/1998· AIR BAGSCrash

  VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY AND BURNS.

• 01/04/2008· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 VOLVO S90. THE GEAR SHIFT BECAME STUCK WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE. SHE PRESSED THE GEAR RELEASE BUTTON AND PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE WALL AND THEN INTO THE HOUSE. THE VEHICLE, GARAGE WALL, AND HOUSE WERE DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 109,000.