2000 VOLVO 770 Complaints

THE VEHICLE HAS NO STABILITY WHETHER BOBTAIL OR WITH A HEAVY LOAD DUE TO SUSPENSION PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRUCK WAS SO SLOPPY IT WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *YH

HAS EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE HOSES TO THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKED. *JG

IN THE FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP, THE SEALS IN THE FRONT WHEELS BEGAN LEAKING, THEN ABOUT 9 MONTHS LATER WHILE DRIVING, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AND A BUMP FROM THE FRONT END, CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SAW NOTHING, SO HE STARTED UP THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE GAS, THE STEERING WAS GONE AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH WENT INTO A DITCH AND ENDED UP TIPPING OVER, CONSUMER SAW THAT THE WHEEL WAS SHEARED OFF CLEAN ON THE INSIDE, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AXLE WEIGHT, HOWEVER VOLVO STATES THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ACCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT AND VOLVO HAS SINCE REPOSESSED THE VEHICLE, THE OWNERS ADDRESS MAY NOT BE CORRECT, IT WAS STAMPED OVER. *SLC

VEHICLE IS EXPEREINCING OVERWEIGHT STEER AXLE PROBLEMS,CLUTCH PROBLEMS BECASUE THE FORKS WEAR IN TO THE PRESSURE PLATES, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH, AND THE DRIVERS WINDOW SHATTERED. *JG

EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE DASH CAUSING THE WIRING TO SHORT WHICH RESULTED IN A FIRE, INVERTER WAS ALSO WIRED INCORRECTLY. *TT *DT

TIRES ARE YOKOHAMA 295/75R22.5, SINGLE MAX LOAD 6175LB AND 5674 DUAL. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THE FAWR IS 13,200LB AND TIRES ARE ONLY RATED FOR 12,350. OFTER HE RUNS OVER 12,350 ON THE FRONT STEER AND UP TO 12,900 PLUS ON THE FRONT STEER, HE CAN GET UNDER 12000 FOR WGT RESTRICTIVE STATES. GONE THROUGHT 5 SETS OF STEER TIRES AND HAS DONE 4 FRONT AXLE ALIGNMENTS ON VEH, CURRENT MILEAGE IS 265,213.

FAWR IS 13,200 AND STEER TIRES ARE MICHLIN 11R22.5 WITH MAX SINGLE LOAD OF 6175, OR 12,350. FRONT AXLE NORMALLY WEIGHES 11,900, BUT IF THE CONSUMER PULLS THE TRAILER AT GROSS THE TIRES COULD NE EASILY OVERLOADED, THE DUAL TANKS ARE LOCATED COMPLETELY AFT.

WITHIN THE FIRST 7,000 MILES, VEHICLE BECAME UNSTABLE, DRIVELINE VIBRATIONS, LOOSENESS IN STEERING, ROUGH RIDE, NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CORRECT CONDITION. PROBLEM CAUSED BY LOOSE FRONT CROSSMEMBER ALLOWING FRAME TO TWIST. WHEN FUEL TANKS ARE FULL THE FRONT AXLE IS OVERWEIGHT. *MJS

THE LOCATION OF THE FUEL TANKS CAUSES THE FRONT AXLE TO BECOME OVERWEIGHT WHEN FUEL IS ADDED TO BOTH TANKS, VOLVO AGREED TO MAKE CHANGES BY STRETCHING THE CHASSIS AND MOVING THE TANKS FARTHER BACK, HOWEVER THE CHANGES WOULD VOID THE WARRANTY. *SLC

TRAVELING ON I-77 ROUNDING A CURVE LEFT FRONT OF VEHICLE DIPPED CAUSING TRUCK TO OVERTURN.