2000 VOLVO VN610 Problems & Recalls
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DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY, THE AIR SUPPLY BRAKE CONTROL RELEASE VALVE EXPELLED THE BRAKE AIR AND DEPLETED THE AIR BRAKE SUPPLY WITHOUT WARNING WHICH RESULTED IN POOR BRAKE FUNCTION AS WELL AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALE...
Mileage: 489,000
THERE WAS AN AIR LEAK IN THE BRAKES.. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED. ONE COULD HEAR THE AIR LEAKING FROM THE BRAKES.*AK AIR PRESSURE LOSS . *TC
Mileage: 285,250
THE STEERING SHAFT SECTOR OF THE U JOINT LOCKED UP. *JB
CONSUMER STATES THE TRUCK HAD DASH PROBLEMS. *YH
CONSUMER STATES EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING GEAR BOX. *TT
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SHORTS, BLOWING FUSES IN DASH AND COLUMN. *TT
CONSUMER STATES EXPERIENCING AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS. *TT
CONSUMER STATES EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR. *TT
THE TRUCK SHAKES AND MAKES POPPING NOISE WHEN STOPPING, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT SPRINGS FAILED AND THE DEALER AGREED TO REPLACE IT UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER VOLVO WILL NOT UPGRADE TO A HEAVY DUTY SPRING. *YH
CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF THE MISALIGNMENT OF THE STEERING TIRES. *JG
EXPERIENCING WIRING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DASH. *JG
EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE HOOD POPPING UP. *JG
EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE HOOD POPPING UP. *JG
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING STEER TIRE WEAR. *YD
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN THE STEERING GEAR BOX WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK AND THEN PULL TO THE LEFT, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*JB
THE HOOD UNLATCHES UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING BLOCKING THE DRIVERS VIEW OR THE ROAD, THE DRIVER WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A HOOD LATCH ADJUSTMENT PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE ADJUSTMENT YET THE HOOD STILL UNLATCHES FREQUENTLY. *NLM *MJ
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, DEALERS HAVE CONTINUALLY ADJUSTED RIDE HEIGHT VALVE, ALSO DEALER KEPT TRYING TO CHANGE DRIVELINE ANGLE, THE LEFT REAR U-BOLT BROKE AT 256,000, THE BOLTS WERE RETORQUED REGULARLY, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE POOR DRIVELINE HAS DAMAGED THE T...
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, DEALERS HAVE CONTINUALLY ADJUSTED RIDE HEIGHT VALVE, ALSO DEALER KEPT TRYING TO CHANGE DRIVELINE ANGLE, THE LEFT REAR U-BOLT BROKE AT 256,000, THE BOLTS WERE RETORQUED REGULARLY, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE POOR DRIVELINE HAS DAMAGED THE T...
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, DEALERS HAVE CONTINUALLY ADJUSTED RIDE HEIGHT VALVE, ALSO DEALER KEPT TRYING TO CHANGE DRIVELINE ANGLE, THE LEFT REAR U-BOLT BROKE AT 256,000, THE BOLTS WERE RETORQUED REGULARLY, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE POOR DRIVELINE HAS DAMAGED THE T...
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, DEALERS HAVE CONTINUALLY ADJUSTED RIDE HEIGHT VALVE, ALSO DEALER KEPT TRYING TO CHANGE DRIVELINE ANGLE, THE LEFT REAR U-BOLT BROKE AT 256,000, THE BOLTS WERE RETORQUED REGULARLY, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE POOR DRIVELINE HAS DAMAGED THE T...
CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAS REPLACED 4 SETS OF STEER AXLE TIRES, DUE TO VEHICLE BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT, ALSO VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING VIBRATION.*YD
CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAS REPLACED 4 SETS OF STEER AXLE TIRES, DUE TO VEHICLE BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT, ALSO VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING VIBRATION.*YD
WE HAVE 12 VOLVOS AND ALL ARE EXPERIENCING PREMATURE BEARING FAILURE WHICH COULD LEAD TO A FATALITY. *AK
CONSUMER STATED THE TRUCK EXPERIENCED WIRING HARNESS PROBLEMS.*JB
CONSUMER STATES TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING WIRING HARNESS PROBLEMS.*JB
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH DASH. VOLVO VN610 TRUCK. *SLC
AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED, REPLACED TWICE. *TT
PREMATURE WEAR FROM STEER TIRES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER COMBINATION OF RACE/BEARINGS IN MERITOR AXLES. *MJS
VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP AND CLUTCH DROPPED, NO WARNING, CLUTCH IS SPICER BRAND. *AK