NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Volvo S40 Recalls
The 2005 Volvo S40 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 8, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Volvo S40. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 69
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Volvo S40, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 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 2004, 2006–2010 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 2004, 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 2004, 2006 S40, 1 other model
2005 Volvo S40 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 69 owner complaints about the 2005 Volvo S40, the newest on March 20, 2024. Of these, 2 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2005 Volvo S40, the component group named most often is the electrical system (28%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (16%) and the fuel system, gasoline (16%).
2 of the 2005 Volvo S40's 3 recalls also concern the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2005 Volvo S40 owners gave the mileage (56 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System19
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
- Fuel System, Gasoline11
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
- Air Bags5
- Engine5
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Volvo S40 peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 11. 22% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Volvo S40 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Volvo S40 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Volvo S40 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 69 complaints about the 2005 Volvo S40 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volvo S40 by model year
Other 2005 Volvo models
Newest record on this page: March 20, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted