NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Volvo S40 Recalls
The 2004 Volvo S40 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 8, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Volvo S40. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 48
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Volvo S40, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2004 Volvo S40
Equipment: electrical: navigational system(global positioning system)
- Campaign
- 10V566000
- Reported
- November 8, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 416
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2010 S40, 8 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 08V033000
- Reported
- January 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 S40, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06V137000
- Reported
- April 24, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,175
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 S40, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 04V493000
- Reported
- October 14, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,719
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 03V424000
- Reported
- October 24, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,067
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003 S40, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 03V284000
- Reported
- August 1, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 220,407
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 S40, 5 other models
2004 Volvo S40 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 48 owner complaints about the 2004 Volvo S40, the newest on November 8, 2020. Of these, 5 describe a crash (10%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Volvo S40, the component group named most often is the air bags (23%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (17%).
1 of the 2004 Volvo S40's 6 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2004 Volvo S40 owners gave the mileage (35 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags11
- Electrical System11
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
- Engine And Engine Cooling5
- Fuel System, Gasoline5
- Steering4
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Volvo S40 peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 6. 25% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Volvo S40 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Volvo S40 year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Volvo S40 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 48 complaints about the 2004 Volvo S40 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volvo S40 by model year
Other 2004 Volvo models
Newest record on this page: November 8, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted