2004 Volvo XC90 air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 31 complaints for the 2004 Volvo XC90, 5% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 31 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 90,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 15% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	0
20k to 40k miles	2
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	7
80k to 100k miles	6
100k to 120k miles	5
120k to 140k miles	4
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 27 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 15% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

March 25, 2005 had wreck, hit rear driver's side door; air bags on drivers side door and driver side rear door did not deploy. Volvo will not cooperate with car owner to fix problem with air bags. They said air bags did deploy. Owner would like further research on side curtin air bags.

Reported at 22,000 miles, March 2005 CrashInjury

2004 volvo xc90. Consumer states problem with transmission *tgw the consumer stated the vehicle was jumping into gear or lunging when he applied the accelerator pedal. The consumer stated the original transmission was replaced at 53,000 miles in 2008. The dealer performed a diagnostic check and determined that the front axle had lost a plug and that the transmission had become contaminated and that was the cause of the jumping in the transmission.

Reported at 53,000 miles, January 1901

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