21V766000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
2001 VOLVO S80
3 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 218 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints218
Complaints citing a crash10
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
20V681000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Metal fragments can strike vehicle occupants increasing the risk of serious injury or death.
10V566000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)
AN OVERHEATED BATTERY COULD LEAD TO A FIRE.
What owners report most
- 61VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 30ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 11POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 10ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 8ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 6UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 6FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 5FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2001 VOLVO S80s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.