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Volvo Heavy TruckYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 5 owner complaints and 1 safety recall on record for the Volvo Heavy Truck.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints5Top: Service brakes, airSafety recalls11988–2002 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

Volvo Heavy Truck years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Heavy Truck median. Tap a year for its full report.

'88'89'90'91'92'95'98'99'02
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2002Not rated–/1002 complaints · 0 recalls1999Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls1998Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls1995Not rated–/1001 complaint · 0 recalls1992Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall1991Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall1990Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall1989Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall1988Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall
Complaints by system

Most common Volvo Heavy Truck problems

All model years combined: 5 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Service brakes, air20
Engine and engine cooling10
Structure10
Suspension10
Tires11
1 recall

Volvo Heavy Truck recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

–Steering: linkages92V-079 · 1988–1992 · May 27, 1992 · 9,434 vehicles
6 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the Heavy Truck

  1. STEERING BINDINGEA04016 · 1999 · closed Mar 31, 2005
    No recall
  2. INTEGRAL HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLYPE02095 · 1998–2002 · closed May 30, 2003
    Led to recall 03V-199
  3. FRONT SUSPENSION U-BOLTS LOOSEN OR BREAKEA02021 · 2002 · closed Nov 6, 2003
    No recall
  4. SAFETY DEFECTDP01003 · 1989–2000 · closed Mar 18, 2002
    No recall
  5. BROKEN OR DAMAGED ENGINE FANSQ97011 · 1995–1997 · closed Jun 10, 1997
    No recall
  6. DYSFUNCTIONAL TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLYEA96009 · 1990–1996 · closed Nov 23, 1999
    No recall