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Volvo Volvo Truck Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 12 safety recalls and 66 owner complaints across 23 model years of the Volvo Volvo Truck (1977–2002). The most-complained-about year is 1998.

12
safety recalls, all years
66
owner complaints, all years
1983
year with most recalls
1998
year with most complaints

Pick your Volvo Volvo Truck model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2002 Volvo Volvo Truck02
2001 Volvo Volvo Truck13
2000 Volvo Volvo Truck27
1999 Volvo Volvo Truck112
1998 Volvo Volvo Truck313
1997 Volvo Volvo Truck33
1996 Volvo Volvo Truck35
1995 Volvo Volvo Truck110
1994 Volvo Volvo Truck15
1993 Volvo Volvo Truck02
1990 Volvo Volvo Truck11
1988 Volvo Volvo Truck03
1987 Volvo Volvo Truck10
1986 Volvo Volvo Truck10
1985 Volvo Volvo Truck20
1984 Volvo Volvo Truck20
1983 Volvo Volvo Truck40
1982 Volvo Volvo Truck30
1981 Volvo Volvo Truck30
1980 Volvo Volvo Truck30
1979 Volvo Volvo Truck30
1978 Volvo Volvo Truck20
1977 Volvo Volvo Truck20

What Volvo Volvo Truck owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 66 complaints with NHTSA. The 1998 model year has the most, with 13.

All Volvo Volvo Truck recalls (12)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Volvo Volvo Truck, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Antilock (service brakes)

    NHTSA 02V110000 Reported 208 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC

    Certain heavy duty class 8 vehicles fail to comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems", s5.1.6.3, "antilock power for towed vehicles." electrical power for the trailer anti-lock braking system (ABS) can be disrupted when a switch located on the vehicle instrument panel is activated to control lighting…

    Remedy: Dealers will install a wiring harness which will provide continuous electrical power to the trailer ABS whenever the ignition switch is in the on or run position. Owner notification began april 29, 2002. Owners who…

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

  2. Automatic transmission (power train)

    NHTSA 00V131003 Reported 3 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with eaton autoshift gen ii transmission assemblies. Due to a software problem in the transmission assemblies, the transmission will select the wrong gear.

    Remedy: Eaton is conducting the owner notification and remedy for this recall. Dealers will replace the autoshift transmissions.

    Model years: 2000

  3. Diesel (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 99V187001 Reported 162 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC

    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with caterpillar 3116 mechanically unit injected diesel engines. The governor of the engine controls the unit injector fueling by way of a control assembly. In this assembly, a link to the governor is joined to the control rod using a rivet. This rivet can loosen and then wear resulting in…

    Remedy: Caterpillar is conducting the notification and remedy for this recall. Dealers will inspect the control assembly and replaced if necessary.

    Model years: 1996, 1997, 1998

  4. Fan (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 99V078000 Reported 382 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC

    Vehicle description: class 8 heavy duty trucks assembled by either volvo GM heavy truck corporation or volvo trucks north america, inc., and with a 2,100 RPM detroit series 60 engine, and a 32 inch, 8 blade kysor engine cooling fan. The blades may separate from the engine cooling fan assembly during fan operation and full engine RPM.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the factory installed engine cooling fan.

    Model years: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

  5. Suspension

    NHTSA 96V124001 Reported 214 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC

    The equalizing beam shaft of the tandem axle suspension were manufactured from as-rolled sae4140 steel rather than the specified annealed sae4140. These shafts can fracture inside the beam at the toe of the weld.

    Remedy: Owner notification is being conducted by neway anchorlok. Dealers will inspect and replace all suspension suspension beams with suspension beams containing appropriate shafts.

    Model years: 1990, 1996

  6. Hanger, bracket (suspension)

    NHTSA 87V058000 Reported 14 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP

    Interference between the brake slack adjuster and the axle hanger bracket on the forward drive axle may prevent full brake application on that axle.

    Remedy: Repair so as to eliminate interference problem.

    Model years: 1987

  7. Retractor (seat belts)

    NHTSA 86V104000 Reported 19,921 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP

    Seat belt may loosen when extended completely from the non-locking retractor, even though it is buckled and adjusted snugly. This allows the free end of the belt to creep back into the retractor without warning. Consequence of defect: seat belt may not properly restrain occupant in event of a sudden stop or accident.

    Remedy: Repair or replace seat belt, as necessary.

    Model years: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

  8. Buckle assembly (seat belts)

    NHTSA 85V035000 Reported 9,393 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP

    The seat belt may not remain snug after adjustment. Consequence of defect: in the event of a sudden stop or accident the seat belts may not sufficiently restrain the occupants and result in injuries.

    Remedy: Repair seat belts or alter design for snug belt adjustment and retention.

    Model years: 1983, 1984, 1985

  9. Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (service brakes)

    NHTSA 84V054000 Reported 4,408 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP

    The brake line between the proportioning valve and the rear wheel brake may fracture.

    Remedy: The brake line will be replaced without charge.

    Model years: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983

  10. Structure

    NHTSA 84V055000 Reported 4,765 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP

    The torsion bar clamp may allow the torsion bar to move. Increased effort will be required to raise or lower the tilt cab.

    Remedy: The clamps that attach the two rear-most torsion bars to the chassis will be replaced at no charge.

    Model years: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983

  11. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 82V069000 Reported 41 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.

    Incorrect compliance labels may have been installed on the involved vehicles. These labels specify "incomplete vehicles".

    Remedy: Owners will receive the correct compliance labels and installation instructions.

    Model years: 1982

  12. Gear box (other than rack and pinion) (steering)

    NHTSA 82V015000 Reported 449 vehicles potentially affected VOLVO OF AMERICA CORP.

    Some of the involved vehicles may be susceptible to extensive rusting of the splined section of the lower steering shaft. This could prevent the splined shaft from moving into the sleeve. If this occurs, excessive stress is applied between the joint connection and input shaft, causing unacceptable motion of the universal joint connection.

    Remedy: Dealer will inspect and replace the existing column with a newly designed column or will invert the existing column to locate the splined section inside the cab, at no cost to owner.

    Model years: 1979, 1980, 1981

Other Volvo models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.