1998 VOLVO VN610 Suspension Problems

Aug 14, 2007 Crash

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 VOLVO VN610. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST STEERING POWER. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BROUGHT IN FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BALL JOINT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE DRAG LINK FELL APART. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 430,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 428,000. UPDATED 10/16/07 *TR

Mileage: 428,000

Jun 6, 2002

CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING TIRES AND THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED AT LESS THAN 50,000 MILES.*JB

May 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THE AIR BAGS DROPPED. *TT

May 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS CONSTANTLY OVER WEIGHT ON THE FRONT AXLE, FORCING CONSUMER TO TRAVEL WITH LESS THAN HALF OF FUEL CAPACITY. TRUCK WEIGHS AROUND 12,000 WHEM EMPTY OR NO LOAD. WITH FULL FUEL, CAN REACH 12,500 TO 13,000. STEER TIRES VIBRATE AND START TO DETERIORATE AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES. *TT

May 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATES EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH U-BOLTS AND REAR SUSPENSION LEVELING VALVE. *TT

May 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT TIRES WERE PULLED OFF AT 70,000 MILES DUE TO PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR. *TT

May 13, 2002

THE WHEEL BEARING ON THE STEERING AXLE WAS FOUND TO BE A DIFFERENT BRAND AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

May 13, 2002

THE FRONT END IS HEAVY. *JG

Feb 27, 2002

THERE IS A CONSTANT VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING, THERE IS ALSO EXCESSIVE STEER AXLE TIRE WEAR. NLM

Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER STATES CENTERING PINS ON SPRING SHACKLES BREAK AND THERE IS A TERRIBLE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT ALIGNMENT. *YD

Aug 15, 2001

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED WIRING HARNESS PROBLEMS UNDER DASH, ALSO THE EMS WAS REPLACED. *YH. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED U-BOLT PROBLEMS, THE CLUTCH FAILED, THE BELTS ON THE STEER TIRES SLIPPED, THE ENGINE RACED FOR NO REASON AND THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK.*JB

Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THAT TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING STEER TIRE WEAR AND ALSO THE FRONT END OF TRUCK VIBRATES.*JB

Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THAT TRUCK HAS A HORRENDOUS FRONT END VIBRATION, THE TRUCK HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL ALIGNMENTS AND BALANCES AS WELL AS THE STEER TIRES BEING REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, THE TIRE WEAR ON THE FRONT END HAS GONE FROM 157,000 ON THE FIRST SET TO ABOUT 50 TO 70, ADDING EQUAL TO THE FRONT STEERS HAS LESSENED THE VIBRATION, CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE WAS A SCREECHING SOUND AND WAS TOLD THAT THAT BEARINGS WERE NEEDED.*JB

Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING FAILED.*JB

Aug 15, 2001

THE VEHICLE HAD U-BOLT PROBLEM. *YH

Aug 15, 2001

U-BOLTS PROBLEMS; CONSUMER LISTED PHONE NUMBER AS 336-918-07824. *SLC

Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER REPLACED U-BOLT, EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR AND FRONT SUSPENSION, FRONT STRUT/SHOCK AND TIRE/WHEEL. *YD

Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING STEER TIRE WEAR, WITH HEAVY LOAD THE TIRE LIFE WAS 38,000 MILES AND WITH LIGHT LOAD IT IS ABOUT 90,000 MILES. *YD

Aug 15, 2001

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET. *JG OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: POWER STEERING, THE ENGINE STALLED DUE TO A LOOSE WIRE, MULTIPLE RE-ALIGNMENTS, THE U-BOLT POPS IN THE FRONT AND HAD BROKEN IN THE REAR, AND THE STEER TIRE IS WEARING ON THE OUTSIDE. *SCC

Mileage: 110,000

Feb 28, 2001