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1994 Volvo 940 air bags problems

20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 1994 Volvo 94049% of all complaints for this model year.

20
Air Bags complaints
49%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
11 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owns a 1994 volvo 940. While driving 40 mph, an abnormal noise was heard coming from the seat belt panel as the front driver's side air bag deployed. There were no injuries. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure…

    filed Jul 25, 2018

  • Tl* the contact owns a 1994 volvo 940. The contact stated that the driver and passenger side front air bags deployed without warning while stopped at a traffic light. The contact sustained injury to the face. The air bags also fractured the front windshield. A police report was filed of the…

    filed Mar 29, 2013

  • Tl* the contact owns a 1994 volvo 940. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked and shut off when the airbags inadvertently deployed. The dealer and manufacturer were notified, but were unable to give a diagnosis of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 220,000 and the current…

    filed Aug 2, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Air Bags problems in other 940 years

YearReportsShare
1995 940933%
1993 940522%
940 air bags problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.