Recall Register

2000 Volvo S40: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2000 Volvo S40. The campaign is 03V474000. NHTSA received the report on 17 Nov 2003. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Power Assist / Vacuum. NHTSA has 111 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

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Remedy of campaign 03V474000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will replace the pump with a new and improved version and move the pump to a new location. Owner notification began on march 15, 2004. Owners should contact volvo at 1-800-458-1552.
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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 36,000 units in total.

  1. 03V474000Received . 36,000 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Power Assist / Vacuum

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain passenger vehicles, water can enter the electrical brake vacuum pump, causing the pump to fail.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This could result in loss of power assist and an increase in needed brake pedal force, which could result in a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the pump with a new and improved version and move the pump to a new location. Owner notification began on march 15, 2004. Owners should contact volvo at 1-800-458-1552.

    Report filed by VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC.. Manufacturer campaign number 129. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

111 complaints, 151 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2000 Volvo S40
  • All 2000 vehicles
2000 Volvo S40: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2000 S40All 2000 vehiclesS40, all yearsMentions
Service Brakes, Hydraulic344.4120236.552
Suspension99.379.748.815
Exterior Lighting99.33356.615
Electrical System79.595.2118.312
Vehicle Speed Control72.843.661.711
Engine and Engine Cooling66.2128.910810
Seat Belts46.417.923.17
Visibility33.142.256.65
Steering26.54523.14
Equipment26.519.528.34

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 18.

Complaints that report a crash
9
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
27 Sep 2010

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2000 Volvo S40, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2001, with 22 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2000 Volvo S40
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA02026Engineering analysisVOLVO S40/V40 MY 2000-2001Service Brakes, Hydraulic10 Sep 200221 Nov 200303V474000
PE02009Preliminary evaluationBRAKE POWER-ASSISTService Brakes, Hydraulic29 Jan 200210 Sep 2002

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20001
  2. 20012
  3. 20021
  4. 20032
  5. 20046
  6. 20053
  7. 20063
  8. 20072
  9. 20082
  10. 20093
  11. 20102
  12. 20112

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 2000 Volvo S40: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volvo/s40/2000/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
VOLVO CARS OF N.A. LLC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2000 Volvo S40?
36,000 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Volvo S40 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 12 recall campaigns for the Volvo S40, model years 2000 to 2011. 1 of them names the 2000 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Volvo S40 name most often?
Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 52 of 151 component mentions, or 344.4 per 1,000. For all 2000 vehicles the figure is 120 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Volvo S40 open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.