1996 VOLVO WIA Problems & Recalls
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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 VOLVO WIA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MI...
Mileage: 200,000
1996 CONVENTIONAL CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF IT WAS ELECTRICAL. *JB
CONSUMER STATES THE TRUCK WILL NOT STAY ALIGNED, VARIOUS PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TO KEEP THE TRUCK ALIGNED SUCH AS THE TIE ROD ENDS, THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, SHOCKS, REAR TORSION BAR, RIGHT REAR AIR BAG, TORQUED ROD ARM, REPLACED REAR SPRING PINS, LEAD SPRINGS, U-BOLTS, AIR SUSPENSION LEVEL VALVE, ...
CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT DOOR WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE WINDOW WASHER WAS INOPERATIVE.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE RIGHT DOOR WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE WINDOW WASHER WAS INOPERATIVE.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE EXHAUST CLAMPS AND MUFFLER WERE REPLACED DUE TO LEAKING.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE MUD FLAP BRAKCETS, DECK PLATE, DECK PLATE OVER THE BATTERY, SNOW CHAINS AND THE TV CABINET WERE REPLACED.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE TEMPERATURE, OIL PRESSURE, WATER TEMPERATURE AND VOLTAGE GAUGES WERE ACTING ERRACTICALLY.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE BACK UP LIGHTS, CIRCUIT BREAKER FUSE, AND HEAD LAMP WERE ALL INOPERATIVE.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE HOOD LATCHES WERE INOPERATIVE.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE MOTOR WAS LEAKING OIL DUE TO THE TIMING GEAR HAVING TWO BOLT EYLETS THAT HAD BROKEN OFF, THE BOLTS WERE SCREWED INTO THE BLOCK WITH THE WASHERS TO RAISE THE HEADS UP TO THE HEIGHT OF COVER, ALSO THE WATER PUMP ENGINE SENSOR, THERMOSTAT AND 0-RINGS WERE REPLACED.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE CHARGING SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE STEERING WOULD NOT TILT.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WAS REPLACED, AND ALSO THE COOLER LINES WERE LEAKING.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT AIR BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE.*JB
CONSUMER STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS LEAKING.*JB
CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER BEING OUT. *JG
CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE DASH. *JG
CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE U-BOLTS, BUSHINGS AND SPRINGS. *JG
CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING GEAR BOX. *JG
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WHEEL BEARING IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT AXLE HAS ALWAYS RUN MUCH HOTTER THAN THE OTHER SIDE, SECONDLY, CONSUMER ONLY GETS 60,000 TO 80,000 MILES OUT OF A PAIR OF STEER TIRES WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE A RESULT OF PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK ...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT...
FRONT AXLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM PROBLEMS CAUSING EXCESSIVE UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AND DETERIORATION OF OTHER COMPONENTS (BUSHINGS, STRUT ARM BOLTS STRETCHING). MJS
NOTICED NOISE, UPON TURNING THE CAB SHIFTED. THEN CHECKED THE PROBLEM OUT AND NOTICED. THE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT BY A VOLVO DEALER, AND THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE THE WELD BROKE ON THE ELBOW WHICH HOLDS THE CAB TO THE FRAME. IN ADDITION, REPLACED ALTERNATOR/ADJUSTED RE...
NOTICED NOISE, UPON TURNING THE CAB SHIFTED. THEN CHECKED THE PROBLEM OUT AND NOTICED. THE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT BY A VOLVO DEALER, AND THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE THE WELD BROKE ON THE ELBOW WHICH HOLDS THE CAB TO THE FRAME. IN ADDITION, REPLACED ALTERNATOR/ADJUSTED RE...
NOTICED NOISE, UPON TURNING THE CAB SHIFTED. THEN CHECKED THE PROBLEM OUT AND NOTICED. THE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT BY A VOLVO DEALER, AND THE CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED BECAUSE THE WELD BROKE ON THE ELBOW WHICH HOLDS THE CAB TO THE FRAME. IN ADDITION, REPLACED ALTERNATOR/ADJUSTED RE...