2004 VOLVO VNL Complaints

WEST BOUND ON 288. DID MY PRE TRIP. I WAS FULLY LOADED. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY STEERING WHEEL GOT LIGHT. IT DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL. THE TRUCK STARTED DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT. I TRIED TO STEER TO THE LEFT. THE TRUCK DID NOT RESPOND. I STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP WITHOUT CRASHING. I CAME WITH IN A FEW INCHES OF THE GUARD RAIL. THE TRAILER WAS OUT IN THE ROAD. TRAFFIC WAS COMING OVER A HILL AND COULD NOT SEE IT IN TIME. I HAD TO SIT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL AND DIVERT TRAFFIC. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW THE DRAG LINK SEPARATED AND DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. THE DRAG LINK WAS NOT SERVICEABLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIFE TIME. THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WAS DONE BY TRIMAC IN DEAR PARK, TX. I STILL HAVE THE BROKEN DRAG LINK. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY EVENT AND I SOLD THE TRUCK. IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN IN THE RIGHT LANE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRASH.

DRAG LINK CAME LOOSE WHILE OUR DRIVER WAS PULLING A LOAD ON INTERSTATE 81. HE LOST ALL STEERING AND DROVE INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE TOTAL COSTS FOR REPAIRS TO US WAS $17,022.93. THE TRACTOR HAD JUST BEEN SERVED AND THE DRAG LINK APPEARED FINE AT THAT TIME. WE HAVE NOTICED THEM FAILING IN THE PAST AND CHANGED THEM REGULARLY. *TR

MY VOLVO TRUCK STARTED HAVING LOW POWER PROBLEM AFTER A CERTIFIED VOLVO DEALER REPLACED COPPER CUPS ON IT. TO FIX THAT PROBLEM, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO ANOTHER CERTIFIED VOLVO DEALER, WHO REPLACED EGR VALVE,WHICH WAS UNDER WARRANTY. ACCORDING TO THEM, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT DID NOT. IT STILL HAD LOW POWER. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THEM. AFTER TESTING IT FOR THE SECOND TIME, THEY SAID THAT COPPER CUPS WERE THE PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER WHO FIXED THEM. I FOLLOWED THEIR ADVICE AND FOR THE SECOND TIME TOOK IT BACK TO THE FIRST DEALER. HE FOUND LOW BOOST POWER, WHICH IS ALSO UNDER WARRANTY, BUT DID NOT GUARANTEE THE CORRECTION OF THE PROBLEM. LAST MONTH I SPEND MORE THAN $6,000 ON FIXING MY TRUCK, BUT THE SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE INSTEAD OF GETTING BETTER. SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN JULY OF 2007, I'VE SPENT $16,000 ON ITS REPAIRS. ALL REPAIRS WERE DONE BY VOLVO DEALERS. I'VE GOT ALL THE RECEIPTS. *TR

THERE WERE TWO RECAPPED TIRES PLACED ON THE REAR-EXTENDED LIFT AXLE OF A DUMP TRUCK. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ONE TIRE BLEW OUT, AND THE OTHER TIRE SEPARATED WHILE CARRYING A LOAD. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE RETAILER THEY REFERRED THE CONSUMER TO THE WHOLESALER. NEITHER CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY, AND REFERRED HER TO J.P. BURNS WHO WAS A RECAPPING SPECIALIST IN NEW YORK. *AK *SC *JB