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 2000 Volvo 770 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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
U BOLTS CAME LOSE, LOST THE SPACERS OFF OF THE LEAF SPRINGS ON DRIVER'S SIDE, ALMOST LOST FRONT END OF VEHICLE. WHICH IS CAUSING THE ALIGNMENT TO BE OFF, CANNOT FIX.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK
THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PREMATURE ATEER AXLE TIRE WEAR, CUPPING AND SEVERE FRONT END VIBRATION. *MJ
THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED PREMATURE STEER AXLE TIRE WEAR WHICH IS CAUSING SEVERE FRONT END VIBRATION. *MJ
THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED.*YD THE BRAKES SQUEAKED, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE RACED WHEN THE TRUCK WAS IN NEUTRAL, THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED IN AND OUT OF GEAR, THE GAUGES ON THE LCD DISPLAY WERE ACTING ERRACTICALLY.*JB
THE U BOLTS ON THE DRIVE AXLES ARE UNDERSIZED AND FAIL PREMATURELY. THE FRONT AXLE OF THE VEHICLE IS HEAVY CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOW MADE KITS FOR U BOLTS REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE DEFECT, CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE TIRES HAD NEVER BEEN BALANCED WHICH WAS ALSO CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR.*YH
CONSUMER STATES TIRES ARE EXPERIENCING WEAR AT 60000 MILES AND LESS, TANKS WERE SET BACK, HOWEVER VIBRATION IS STILL OCCURRING ON FRONT, SHAKING THE COMPUTER OUT OF THE DASH. *SLC
THE HOOD CYLINDERS FAILED. *YH
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE ENGINE, CAM HAD BEEN REPLACED ON 3 OCCASIONS, MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT
TRUCK HAS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. CONSUMER HAS HAD 8 SETS OF STEER TIRES. CONSUMERS TRUCK IS STILL VIBRATING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK
VEHICLE IS CONSTANLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *JG
CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS HAVING DRAG LINK PROBLEMS, HOWEVER VOLVO STATED THAT DRAG LINK WAS NOT WORN OUT ENOUGH TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*JB
THE VEHICLE HAS NO STABILITY WHETHER BOBTAIL OR WITH A HEAVY LOAD DUE TO SUSPENSION PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRUCK WAS SO SLOPPY IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *YH
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DETROIT ENGINE RACES AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL. *SLC
IN THE FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP, THE SEALS IN THE FRONT WHEELS BEGAN LEAKING, THEN ABOUT 9 MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AND A BUMP FROM THE FRONT END, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SAW NOTHING, SO HE STARTED UP THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE GAS, THE STEERING WAS GONE AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH WENT INTO A DITCH AND ENDED UP TIPPING OVER, CONSUMER SAW THAT THE WHEEL WAS SHEARED OFF CLEAN ON THE INSIDE, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AXLE WEIGHT, HOWEVER VOLVO STATES THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT AND VOLVO HAS SINCE REPOSESSED THE VEHICLE, THE OWNERS ADDRESS MAY NOT BE CORRECT, IT WAS STAMPED OVER. *SLC
VEHICLE IS EXPEREINCING OVERWEIGHT STEER AXLE PROBLEMS,CLUTCH PROBLEMS BECASUE THE FORKS WEAR IN TO THE PRESSURE PLATES, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH, AND THE DRIVERS WINDOW SHATTERED. *JG
TRAVELING ON I-77 ROUNDING A CURVE LEFT FRONT OF VEHICLE DIPPED CAUSING TRUCK TO OVERTURN.
PASSENGER STEER KINGPIN LOOSE. NLM
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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