Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Volvo 770 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE OWNER REPORTS POOR MILEAGE AND DURABILITY OF THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS AND HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH EXCESIVE STEER AXLE WEIGHT, FUEL TANKS AND 5TH WHEEL RAILS MOVE AFT BUT STEER AXLE WEIGHT RUNS ABOUT 13,140 LBS (CUMMINS ENGINE)(REPORTED TO MANUFACTURER). NLM
CONSUMER STATES THE U-BOLT FAILED, HOWEVER IS UNSURE AS TO IF IT FAILED BEFORE OR AS THE RESULT OF VEHICLE CRASH. *MJ
VEHICLE WAS EXPEREINCING NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, THE FUSES IN THE DASH WERE CONTINUOUSLY BLOWING BECAUSE OF A LOOSE WIRE ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS, THE STARTER WAS REPLACED, THERE WERE KEY SWITCH PROBLEMS, AND THE TRAILER POWER CORD WAS INOPERATIVE, DEALER REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS.*JB
CONSUMER STATES THE TRUCK HAD BROKEN SUSPENSION BOLT. *YH
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING VARIOUS FRONT END PROBLEMS. NEW SPINDLE AND SPRINGS WERE INSTALLED. *TT
EXPERIENCING HEAVY FRONT END, VEHICLE IS ON FOURTH SET OF STEER TIRES, CAB ALIGNMENT THREE TIMES. *TT
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR AXLE HAD A U-BOLT PROBLEMS. *YH
THE TRUCK IS OVER WEIGHT ON THE FRONT END AND THE DEALER MOVED THE FUEL TANK TO THE BACK TO TAKE OFF SOME OF THE WEIGHT. *YH
CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE 10 OR 11 SETS OF DRIVE AXLE U-BOLTS ALSO THE FRONT AXLE IS OVER WEIGHT. *JG
THE 500 DETROIT DIESEL ENGINE CAUSED ROUGH IDLE AND LOW POWER, AT 103000 MILES DETROIT OVERHAULED THE ENGINE, CYLINDERS AND PISTONS HAD BURNED, WATER PUMP FAILED, AND ENGINE HAD 8-10 VALVE ADJUSTMENTS, AT 130000 MILES THE WARRANTY WAS CANCELLED, VEHICLE WAS TURNED IN AT 130000 MILES. *SLC
CONSUMER STATES BOTH BLOWER FANS HAD TO BE REPLACED.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THAT U-BOLTS SNAPPED OFF. *YH
CONSUMER STATES WATER IS LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE.*JB
CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH VIBRATION, PREMATURE TIRE WEAR AND BROKEN SUSPENSION BOLTS WHICH BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *YD *JB
WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, A TIRE BLEW OUT, CONSUMER STATES THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION. *SLC
CONSUMER STATED TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING FRONT-END PROBLEMS. *YD
FRONT END SPRING BROKE AND POPPING SOUND IN FRONT END REAR ENDS AXLES SHIFTING THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR CAUSE THROTTLE TO RACE AND NOT DROP DOWN. FRONT TIRE WEAR.
THE STEER TIRES ARE EXPERIENCING PREMATURE WEAR AND VIBRATION, ALIGNMENTS AND BALANCING HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST, CONSUMER DID NOT GIVE MAKE OF TIRES. *SLC
4 SETS OF STEER TIRES REPLACED IN 300,000 MILES NUMEROUS ALIGNMENTS DONE, HOWEVER TIRES CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE WEAR DUE TO ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS.*ET
CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING VIBRATION AND EXTREME TIRE WEAR, TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES.*YH
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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