1999 VOLVO VNL Complaints

1999 VOLVO VNL770, VEHICLE WENT TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STUCK A GUARDRAIL AND TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE HE HAD A STEERING ISSUE WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT # 10-0291-89. *JB UPDATED 05/03/10 *BF UPDATED 06/09/10. *JB

DT: INVOLVING A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER. A DRAG LINK BROKE OFF @60 MPH; IT JUST DROPPED OFF. BOUGHT IT 2 MONTHS AGO. BRUCE LEE SIMONS IS THE INSPECTOR'S NAME WHO INSPECTED THE SEMI. HE STATED HE HAD THE ACTUAL PART, AND HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS EVER REALLY INSPECTED BECAUSE THE PART DID NOT HAVE ANY GREASE ON IT. *AK AN ERROR WAS DISCOVERED IN THE ODOMETER WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE DISPLAY 560K MILES COMPARED TO THE TRANSMISSION DATA OF 630K MILES. THE CABLE SHORT WOULD RANDOMLY FAIL. THE DRAG LINK DROPPED OUT OF THE SOCKET CAUSING TOTAL LOSS STEERING. THE BALL JOINTS DISPLAYED EXCESSIVE WEAR. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TOWING. *SC

THERE WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS STATED THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THE HAD FROZEN UP ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. (JONATHON DEATON ON BEHALF OF FOOD LION INC AND DRIVER.) *JG THE CONSUMER STATED THAT VOLVO CHANGED THE DRYER IN THE LINE GOING TO THE WET TANK, AND HAS CHANGED THE RELAY VALVE GOING TO THE WHEEL CHAMBERS. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES TRUCK IS HAVING TIRE WEAR, ALIGNMENT, AND U-BOLT PROBLEMS, TIRE CUPPING IS A PROBLEM WHICH REDUCES THE WEAR AND THE RIGHT SIDE IS USUALLY THE SIDE THAT LOSES ALIGNMENT, THERE IS A SMALL VIBRATION IN THE REAR END OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES THE U-BOLTS WERE UNDERSIZED AND WERE REPLACED WITH LARGER BOLTS, ALSO THE WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, ALSO THERE IS AN AIR LEAK EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF AND NO ON CAN LOCATE THE PROBLEM.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT, ALL TIRES WERE WORN OUT AT 62,000 MILES.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LED DISPLAY KEEPS BURNING OUT DUE TO A FAULTY DASH WIRING HARNESS. *SLC. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE CAB HAS TO BE ALIGNED EVERY 20,000, THE POWER STEERING GEAR BOX WERE MANUFACTURED WITH RUSTY PARTS, ALL THE SHOCKS WERE REPLACED, THE ABS WAS INOPERATIVE DUE TO A BULB THAT HAD BURNED OUT AND ALSO A WIRING PROBLEM WHICH IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ABS PROBLEM, ALSO THE TANKS WERE MOVED BACK TO DUE THE FRONT END WEIGHT PROBLEM.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, ALONG WITH OTHER GAUGES, THE LIGHT IN THE CASING COMES ON SOMETIMES.*JB

CONSUMER STATES TIRES BEGAN TO SHOW WEAR AT 53,00O MILES, THE NEXT SET OF TIRES WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR AT 10,000 AND THAT IS WHEN NEW SHOCKS WERE PUT ON THE TRUCK AND ALSO AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED.*JB

SERPENTINE BELT KEEPS FALLING OFF. WHEN IT COMES OFF VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND CAN'T BE DRIVEN. SERPENTINE BELT HAD TO BE CHANGED 13 TIMES. *AK PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR. OVER WEIGHT FRONT AXLE . LEVELING ARM FAILURE BETWEEN AXLE, FAILED 3 TIMES. *SLC

PREMATURE WEAR FROM STEER TIRES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER COMBINATION OF RACE/BEARINGS IN MERITOR AXLES. *MJS