Volvo F716 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 2 model years of the Volvo F716 (1979–1980).

Pick your Volvo F716 model year

• 1979
• 1980

All Volvo F716 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Volvo F716, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Gear box (other than rack and pinion) (steering)

   NHTSA 80V087000 Reported July 14, 1980 382 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.

   On certain vehicles the steering gear box was installed using mounting bolts which are too long in relation to the available hole depth in the steering gear box.

   Remedy: Dealer will replace the steering gear box mounting bolts with bolts of the correct length without charge to owner.

   Model years: 1979, 1980

Other Volvo models

• XC901,528 complaints
• S601,266 complaints
• S80954 complaints
• V70933 complaints
• XC60651 complaints
• S70593 complaints
• 850569 complaints
• S40491 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.