1998 VOLVO VNL Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 VOLVO VNL. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURERS RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE STEERING DRAG LINK SEPTEMBER 2010. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIRS DUE TO AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 600,000.

THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL FOR THE FRONT TIE ROD, THE DEALER STATED THE TIRES WERE THE WRONG SIZE.*JB

CONSUMER IS COMPLAINING OF THE CAB CRACKING ON THE SIDE FARINGS ON BOTH SIDES AND THE HOOD CRACKING. ALSO WHEN STANDING AT THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK LOOKING TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK YOU CAN SEE THAT THE "LINES" ARE NOT SMOOTH. THE BACK STEP ON THE LEFT SIDE STICKS OUT. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR LIGHT WAS OPERATING INTERMITTENTLY, VOLVO SERVICE REPLACED THE BULB, BUT AFTER THAT, THE DIAGNOSTIC DISPLAY HAD LINES THROUGHOUT OBSCURING THE INFORMATION. MOST ALL THE DASH IS DARK INTERMITTENTLY, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTORS ARE AFFECTED BY HEAT AND CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTACT. *YD

WHEN DRIVING OR BACKING OUT AT LOW SPEED THE STEERING LOCKS UP, VEHICLE IS HARD TO CONTROL. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *JB

FRONT END VIBRATES AT ANY SPEED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN, ALSO IT WEARS ON THE TIRES BY DIPPING ON THE SIDES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED DUE TO BAD WIRING. *YH . ALSO THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT DUE TO PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION, AND THE U-BOLTS ARE BREAKING.*JB

THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH KEEPS GOING OUT. DEALER REPLACED, IN LESS THAN A YEAR IT WENT OUT AGAIN. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT STEERING IS INOPERATIVE AS IF THERE WERE NO POWER STEERING. *TT