Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 12 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Volvo Volvo Truck. 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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WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S LEFT STEERING ARM CAME APART. THE VEHICLE THEN DRIFTED INTO THE WALL AND CAME TO REST. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING ARM WAS IMPROPERLY MAINTAINED (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MR *NM
THE AVERAGE MILES THE CONSUMER GETS OUT OF A SET OF STEERING TIRES ARE: 1ST SET-85K, 2ND SET-100K, AND IS NOW ON THE 3RD SET OF TIRES. (VOLVO TRUCKS OF NORTH AMERICA/MODEL-UNGIO) SCC
CONSUMER STATES THAT STEER AXLE TIRES ARE EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR, THE LEFT SIDE FRONT UBOLT FAILED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE INNER SIDEWALL OF A TIRE. *SLC
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRUCK WAS IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO CENTER PIN SHEERED OFF AND U-BOLT WAS MISSING, HOWEVER THE DEALER STATED IT WAS DUE TO IMPACT OF JACKKNIFE. *YH
CONSUMER OWNS FOUR OF THESE TRUCKS, THEY ARE EXPERIENCING STEER TIRE WEAR AND PROBLEMS WITH ALIGNMENT, ON ONE OF THE VEHICLES THE LEFT TIRE BROKE CAUSING A FUEL SPILL, TWO OF THE VEHICLES HAD TIRE BLOWOUTS, CONSUMER ALSO STATED EVERYTHING INSIDE TIRE BROKE, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THERE WERE ACCIDENTS, HOWEVER DID NOT SPECIFY AS TO WHICH VEHICLES. *YD
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING WIRING HARNESS PROBLEMS.
CONSUMER STATED THE ALTERNATOR AND IDLE PULLEY WERE BAD, THE AIR DRYER WAS REBUILT, AND THE TORQUE ARM, FOOT VALVE AND SHOCKS WERE REPLACED.*JB
VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH FRONT END RESULTING IN AXLE SLIDING AROUND CURVE CAUSING A ROLLOVER 25-MARCH-2000, CONSUMER HEARD LOUD SNAP AS ACCIDENT HAPPENDED, FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS BENT, CONTACTED SPECIALIST CLAIMS WHO SAID THE AXLE SHIFTED. *TT
EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH. *TT
THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS STAY ON AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUT OFF. THE HEATER FAN HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. THE ENGINE IDLES HIGH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS MAKING THE JAKE BRAKE INOPERABLE. *JG
CONSUMER IS A DRIVER FOR FOOD LION. THE COMPLAINT IS WITH THE BRAKES ON THE OLDER MODEL SEMI TRUCKS. THEY FREEZE UP IN THE MORNINGS WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD. A CO-WORKER HAD A MISHAP WITH ONE OF THE VEHICLES. THE BRAKES FROZE CAUSING THE CO-WORKER TO LOSE CONTROL AND OVER TURN THE VEHICLE. *JG
THE TRUCK IS LEANING TO THE LEFT SIDE.>THE TRUCK HAS PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE.>THE TRUCK HAS EXTENSIVE SHAKING IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHAT CAUSED >REPLACEMENT OF TWO WINDSHIELDS.>THE TRUCK LOOSES WHEEL ALIGNMENT.>MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT A VOLVO GMC TRUCK OF CHICAGO DETERMINED THAT>THE TRUCK HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. (I HAVE INVOICE TO PROVE IT)>
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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