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2001 Volvo S40 Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1306466
Internal NHTSA #	10893841
Manufacurer	Volvo Car USA LLC
Brand	VOLVO
Model	S40
Model Year	2001
File date	15/06/16
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I've contacted volvo and demanded my money back and they refused, this is my next step before taking them to court for a measily 2,500. This car has caused me a headache unlike any other, the electrical system fails in this car and passes through it malfunctioning one thing after the next, my back window went up and down on its own, heating and cooling systems do whacky things which ruined the car making it overheat even after shops replace sensors and radiators, the main safety concern which volvo is suppressing is that the electrical ghost also affects the braking system and accelerates, this is a main concern when you're on an expressway especially, it accelerates and you cannot hold the brake down hard enough to slow down, and it'll do it at random, and i know this is a problem with this year volvo because i have a 1990 when it was volvo and not bought my an american company and that car is perfect, and a cop talked to me for about an hour just before these bigger issues started happening, he'd owned a dealership and said this year volvo has nothing but problems, and at that time i knew he was onto something because the air and heat buttons were doing all kinds of strange things, i was even in an accident once, a little fender bender thankfully just on a side street, my car wouldn't slow down and it skidded all t he way to the light and i dented someone's bumper, they let me slide because their car was a jalopy, but i've had this same electrical failure happening on expressways at various speeds
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	190000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	EAST CHICAGO, IN
VIN pattern	YV1VS29561FXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	06/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	35
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2001 Volvo S40 Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2001 Volvo S40 Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

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