2006 Volvo S40
Complaints about this year name fuel far more often than the model's other years — 15% of them, about 38× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 59 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 16 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- airbag — 14% of complaints, 22× usual
- fuel pump — 10% of complaints, 25× usual
- some — 10% of complaints, 25× usual
What owners wrote
I WENT OUT TO START MY CAR FOR WORK AND IT WOULD NOT START LIKE IT WAS OUT OF BUT I HAVE A HALF TANK OF GAS IN IT BUT FOR SOME REASON IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FUEL PUMP/MODULE IS NOT WORKING.
Check engine light came on and has stayed on. Stalled out in traffic, turned the car off and it restarted and I continued. Happens two more times. Initial start up has a delay in the engine turning over. Gas pedal is slow to respond to acceleration. Verified a…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 10V566000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 08V033000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 06V137000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volvo S40 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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