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2001 Volvo VNL64T Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 23, 2006
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
2
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since May 22, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Volvo VNL64T. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

Steering
Filed Oct 23, 2006
Crash reported

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 68 MPH ON A DRY 4 LANE HIGHWAY, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES TO THE LEFT, AND THERE WAS NO REACTION FROM THE STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ABLE TO BE TURNED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AT ALL. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER TRUCK, AND CROSSED INTO A GRASS MEDIAN WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TIE ROD DRAG LINKS HAD DETACHED FROM THE BALL JOINT. THE BOLT REMAINED INTACT, BUT THE PRESSURE BUSHING SEPARATED.

NHTSA ID
10171581
Incident
Sep 14, 2006
Mileage
650,000 mi
Body & structureEngineFuel system+1 more
Filed Aug 15, 2001

VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAKS, EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY THE DEALER WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY, NOW THE HEAD IS LEAKING OIL. *SLC

NHTSA ID
565047
Engine
Filed May 22, 2001
Fire reported

CONSUMER WAS IN HIS HOME WHEN THE SMOKE DECTECTOR WENT OFF, CONSUMER WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, POSSIBLY ENGINE RELATED, FIRE ORIGINATED FROM VEHICLE AND SPREAD THROUGH CONSUMER'S HOME, BOTH THE VEHICLE AND HOME WERE DESTROYED. *JB

NHTSA ID
561304
Incident
Nov 17, 2000

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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