Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 21 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Volvo VN610. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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OWNER REPORTS THAT BALL SOCKET ON DRAG LINK SEPARATED CREATING A LOSS OF STEERING. VEHICLE DEPARTED RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A SWAMP. OWNER REPORTS VEHICLE MILEAGE AT JUST OVER 501,000. ROUTINE INSPECTS FAILED TO REVEAL ANY INDICATION OF IMPENDING FAILURE. THIS BALL SOCKET WAS NOT SUBJECT OF RECALL *CB
POOR TIRE TREAD WEAR - TREAD FAILS AFTER 60000 MILES. WHEEL ALIGNMENT GOOD, PERHAPS SPRINGS TOO WEAK. STEER AXLE APPEARS HEAVY - BOBTAIL WEIGHT 12,180 LBS. VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH CUMMINS N-14 ENGINE. *AK
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON THE DASH BOARD. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DASH BOARD LOSES POWER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. TS
CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE U-BOLTS 3 TIMES AND HAD TO HAVE WHEELS ALIGNED IN THE REAR BECAUSE OF THE U-BOLTS THROWING IT OUT OF PLACE. *JG
THE STEERING TIRES WERE WORN OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS MISALIGNED. THE STEER AXLE TIRES WERE REPLACED SIX TIMES. *YH
VEHICLE HAS NO POWER, IT RATTLES, IS FALLING APART AND NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *JG
CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF HIS VEHICLE HAVING A HEAVY FRONT AXLE. VOLVO SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *JG
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR. HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END AND IS ON 2ND SET OF TIRES. THEY ARE WEARING ON THE LEFT SIDE, BUSHINGS ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JG
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STEERS AND EXCESSIVE EFFORT WITH STEERING. *TT
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED TWICE. *TT
CONSUMER STATES WINDOWS IN THE TRUCK HAVE CRACKED OR BLOWN OUT. *TT
CONSUMER IS HAVING CLUTCH AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DUE TO CLAMP ON THE HOSE CAUSING A HOLE IN THE COOLER LINES. *JG
VOLVO TRUCK MODEL 610 IS EXPERIENCING DASH PROBLEMS (EMAIL: [email protected]) . *YD
VEHICLE HAS U-BOLT PROBLEMS, POSSIBLE STEER TIRE WEAR. *JG
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING GEAR BOX LEAKS. *TT
CONSUMER HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *TT
VEHICLE HAS A SET BACK AXLE ASSOCIATED WITH POPPING NOISE. *TT...*AK
CONSUMER STATES TRUCK IS HAVING U-BOLT PROBLEMS.*JB *JG
CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DASH LIGHTS.*JB
VEHICLE HAS A VIBRATION PROBLEM AT 1500 RPM WHERE THE DASH SHAKES VIOLENTLY BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH GEAR. THE VIBRATION IS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR. *TT THE STEER TIRES WERE CUPPED ON THE INSIDE EDGES. ALSO, VARIOUS LIGHTS AND GAUGES IN THE DASH WERE INOPERATIVE. THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. *JG
CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. *YH
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