IllustrationWHEN 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
1995 Volvo 940
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
Limited mileage data: 7 of 27 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Air Bags. Review the 9 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Tires. Review the 6 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Fuel System, Gasoline. Review the 3 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
10 crash reports0 fire reports9 injury reports
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
3 reportsVEHICLE 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
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
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
1PE97047 · Inadvertent Air Bag Deployment
Opened Oct 29, 1997 · Closed Apr 21, 1998
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Air Bags
There is no summary currently available