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Report Date: November 2, 1998 03:44:33 AM

ODI ID: 509058
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, August 31, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 1
Component: BRAKES:HYDRAULIC:ANTI-SKID SYSTEM
Summary: ABS BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER. *AK

ODI ID: 509464
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, October 03, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:ACTIVE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS AND BELT ANCHOR
Summary: SEAT BELTS ALL HAVE A BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BELT WHICH PREVENTS BUCKLE FROM SLIDING FAR ENOUGH TO SECURE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN POSITION.

ODI ID: 510820
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, October 19, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: LIGHTING:HEAD LIGHT WIPER SYSTEM
Summary: WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON HEADLIGHTS MELTED THE BUMPER, CAUSING BUMPER TO FALL OFF.

ODI ID: 519040
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: BRAKES:HYDRAULIC:DISC:ROTOR:DISC HUB
Summary: FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARP TOO QUICKLY, CAUSING HEAVY VIBRATION UPON BRAKING. *AK

ODI ID: 519162
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: FUEL:THROTTLE LINKAGES AND CONTROL:CAM:FAST IDLE
Summary: FAST IDLE DOING COLD START; UPON PUTTING FOOT ON BRAKE TO SHIFT GEARS, BRAKE PEDAL DROPS, ALLOWING RIGHT TIP OF DRIVER'S FOOT TO HIT ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE J

ODI ID: 602723
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Tuesday, December 31, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: POWER TRAIN:TRANSMISSION:AUTOMATIC:INDICATOR:LEVER:GEAR
Summary: EXCESSIVE FORCE NEEDED TO SHIFT GEARS.

ODI ID: 602818
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Tuesday, December 31, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: TIRES
Summary: REAR TIRE BLEW OUT.

ODI ID: 602899
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Monday, August 12, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: SUSPENSION:INDEPENDENT FRONT ATTACHING MECHANISMS:STABILIZER BAR
Summary: FRONT STABILIZER BAR IS LOOSE.

ODI ID: 602899
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Monday, August 12, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: LIGHTING:GENERAL COMPONENT:EMERGENCY FLASHING HAZARD WARNING LIGHT
Summary: HAZARD LIGHT FLASHES BY IT SELF WHEN DRIVING.

ODI ID: 602948
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, December 14, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STRUCTURE:DOOR ASSEMBLY:FRAME AND PANEL
Summary: LEFT REAR OUTSIDE DOOR SEAL FAILED.

ODI ID: 604870
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: ENGINE
Summary: ENGINE STALLED.

ODI ID: 604870
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: FUEL:LPG CONTAINER (TANK) ASSEMBLY
Summary: GAS TANK FAILED.

ODI ID: 604870
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STRUCTURE:DOOR ASSEMBLY:LATCHES AND LOCKS
Summary: DOOR LOCKS FAILED.

ODI ID: 605160
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Tuesday, December 10, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: TIRES
Summary: MICHELIN (195/65/R15) TIRE FAILED.

ODI ID: 803776
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Friday, October 04, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSIVE RESTRAINT:AIR BAG:DRIVER
Summary: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

ODI ID: 805714
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Wednesday, November 27, 1996
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSIVE RESTRAINT:AIR BAG:DRIVER
Summary: VEHICLE WAS STRUCK HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. EXPLAINE IN MORE DETAILS. *AK

ODI ID: 808290
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure:
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: FUEL:THROTTLE LINKAGES AND CONTROL
Summary: UPON STARTING, THEN PLACING INTO DRIVE GEAR, SUDDENLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED FULL THROTTLE OUT OF CONTROL, ABS WOULD'T ALLOW TO BRAKE, THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED ON IT'

ODI ID: 810723
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Thursday, April 04, 1996
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: FUEL:THROTTLE LINKAGES AND CONTROL
Summary: OWNER SAID THAT THE CAR ACCELERATED WHILE HIS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. *AK

ODI ID: 819962
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, December 13, 1997
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSIVE RESTRAINT:AIR BAG:DRIVER
Summary: HIT A TREE HEAD-ON, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THERE WAS NO INJURIES. *AK

ODI ID: 819962
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Saturday, December 13, 1997
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSIVE RESTRAINT:AIR BAG:PASSENGER
Summary: HIT A TREE HEAD-ON, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THERE WAS NO INJURIES. *AK

ODI ID: 823271
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Sunday, April 26, 1998
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 3
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSIVE RESTRAINT:AIR BAG:DRIVER
Summary: APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND COLLIDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS HIT, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

ODI ID: 823271
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Sunday, April 26, 1998
Incident: Yes
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 3
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:PASSIVE RESTRAINT:AIR BAG:PASSENGER
Summary: APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND COLLIDED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS HIT, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

ODI ID: 828912
Make: VOLVO
Model: 960
Year: 1996
Date of Failure: Tuesday, September 29, 1998
Incident: No
Fire: No
Number of Injuries: 0
Component: STRUCTURE:BUMPER ASSEMBLY
Summary: WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM VEHICLE, AND FELT SOMETHING COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE. ALSO, NOTICED THE BUMPER WAS HANGING FROM THE VEH

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