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1999 Volvo VNL770 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 Mar 22, 2010
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.
1
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 Jul 9, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Volvo VNL770. 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 1–5 of 5

Steering
Filed Mar 22, 2010
Crash reported1 injury reported

1999 VOLVO VNL770, VEHICLE WENT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STUCK A GUARDRAIL AND TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE HE HAD A STEERING ISSUE WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT # 10-0291-89. *JB UPDATED 05/03/10 *BF UPDATED 06/09/10. *JB

NHTSA ID
10321964
Incident
Jul 7, 2008
SuspensionTransmission
Filed May 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATES TRUCK IS HAVING TIRE WEAR, ALIGNMENT, AND U-BOLT PROBLEMS, TIRE CUPPING IS A PROBLEM WHICH REDUCES THE WEAR AND THE RIGHT SIDE IS USUALLY THE SIDE THAT LOSES ALIGNMENT, THERE IS A SMALL VIBRATION IN THE REAR END OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES THE U-BOLTS WERE UNDERSIZED AND WERE REPLACED WITH LARGER BOLTS, ALSO THE WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, ALSO THERE IS AN AIR LEAK EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF AND NO ON CAN LOCATE THE PROBLEM.*JB

NHTSA ID
565356
ElectricalInterior & seatsSteering+2 more
Filed Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WINDOWS HAVE EITHER CRACKED OR BLOWN OUT. *SLC

NHTSA ID
565221
BrakesFuel systemSuspension+1 more
Filed Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKES SQUEAL AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE VALVE. *JB

NHTSA ID
565060
Body & structureInterior & seatsSuspension+1 more
Filed Jul 9, 2001

CONSUMER STATES UNABLE TO SCALE VEHICLE WITHOUT BEING OVERWEIGHT.*JB

NHTSA ID
561941

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.

Data sources

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