1996 VOLVO WIA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 VOLVO WIA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 200,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 650,000. UPDATED 3/24/15*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSED SPINDLE BEARING. THE DRIVER SUFFERED FROM A SORE SHOULDER AND MUSCLE STRAINS IN 2005. UPDATED 6/22/2015 *JS

1996 CONVENTIONAL CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF IT WAS ELECTRICAL. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THE TRUCK WILL NOT STAY ALIGNED, VARIOUS PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TO KEEP THE TRUCK ALIGNED SUCH AS THE TIE ROD ENDS, THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, SHOCKS, REAR TORSION BAR, RIGHT REAR AIR BAG, TORQUED ROD ARM, REPLACED REAR SPRING PINS, LEAD SPRINGS, U-BOLTS, AIR SUSPENSION LEVEL VALVE, AND THE REAR AXLE WAS RESET. *SLC

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TT ALSO, FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT/ HOOD WAS CRACKED/ THERE WAS A MISSING BOLT IN CROSSMEMBER/ THERE WAS A LEAK UNDER THE DASH/THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED/AIR WHISTLE NOISE IN ENGINE/PULLEY ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT/COOL FILTER REPLACED/ BRAKE BELT REPLACED/ LEFT FRONT BRAKE WAS STICKING/NEW BRAKE SHOES WERE NEEDED/ ALTERNATOR AND STARTER SOLENOID REPLACED/ SPEED CONTROL INOPERABLE DUE TO FAULTY WIRE,/HARNESS TO CRANK SENSOR RUBBED, CAUSING INACTIVE ENGINE CODE AND WIRING HARNESS WAS SHORTING OUT. IN ADDITION, 4 BATTERIES HAVE BEEN REPLACED/ EXHAUST PROBLEMS/ FLEX PIPE REPLACED/ BROKEN INJECTOR WIRE CAUSED LOSS OF POWER. ROUGH IDLE CAUSED BY FAULTY INJECTOR. TURBO LINE WAS DAMAGED. AIR LEAKED AT TRANSMISSION, SLAVE CYLINDER REMOVED AND CLEANED, CLUTCH WHISTLED AND STUCK/ LOOSE GEARSHIFT, TRANSMISSION JUMPSOUT OF FIFTH GEAR, AND HAD BE HELD AT ALL TIMES. 3 POWER STEERING HOSES AND STEERING BOX REPLACED DUE TO LEAK, PITMAN ARM ADJUSTED. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUSPENSION PROBLEMS; PULLING TO THE RIGHT, 12 SETS OF WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED, SHACKLE PINS AND BUSHINGS REPLACED. THERE WAS VIBRATION IN FRONT END, NEW FRONT SHOCKS ADDED. AIR BAGS REPLACED; ALSO, TIRES REPLACED. STEERING AXLE FAILURE. TAP AT HEATER HOSE LEAKING, AIR CONDITIONER BELT LOOSE, CAUSING NOISE. HEATER VALVE WAS REPLACED. *SLC ...*AK

THERE'S A POPPING OR SNAPPING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD, AND DURING A RAINSTORM OR WHEN THE TRUCK IS BEING WASHED, WATER LEAKS EXCESSIVELY UNDER THE DASH ONTO THE FLOOR IN THE DRIVERS AREA. *YD THERE IS A U-BOLT PROBLEM, AND THE FIREWALL IS CRACKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE DESIGN, BUT THE CONSUMER VIEWED BOTH OLDER AND NEWER MODEL'S ON THEIR LOT WITH THE SAME CRACK IN THE SAME LOCATIONS ON THE FIREWALL. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WHEEL BEARING IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT AXLE HAS ALWAYS RUN MUCH HOTTER THAN THE OTHER SIDE, SECONDLY, CONSUMER ONLY GETS 60,000 TO 80,000 MILES OUT OF A PAIR OF STEER TIRES WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE A RESULT OF PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT, FRONT END HAS BEEN CHECKED, KING PIN LEANS TO RIGHT. *TT

TIMING GEAR COVER HAD 2 BOLT EYELETS BROKEN OFF AND THE BOLTS WERE SCREWED INTO BLOCK WITH WASHERS TO RAISE BOLT HEADS UP TO THE HEIGHT OF THE COVER, CAUSING AN OIL LEAK AND VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. TRUCK WILL NOT STAY ALIGNED, VEHICLE WANDERS ALL OVER THE ROAD, SHOCKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, TORSION BAR WORN OUT, TORQUE ROD ARM REPLACED, REAR AND RIGHT SUSPENSION AIR BAG REPLACED, GUIDE PIN FLUSH WITH AXLE SPACER NUT PROTRUDING INTO SPRING GUIDE PILOT HOLE, REAR SPRING PINS SHEARED OFF, REAR SUSPENSION LEAF SPRINGS REPLACED, U-BOLTS REPLACED, 3 HANGER PINS SEIZED, ONE HAD TO BE CUT OUT, REAR AIR SUSPENSION LEVEL VALVE REPLACED, NUT ON AIR LEVEL VALVE ADJUSTMENT ARM BOLT CAME OFF AND ADJUSTMENT ARM DROPPED DOWN DUMPING AIR BAGS AT 70 MPH, AND MANY OTHER PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS SUSPENSION. RIGHT HAND STEERING TIRE EXPERIENCED INSIDE WALL SEPARATION, NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN. TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED. *SLC

FIVE SETS OF STEER TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, FINALLY FRONT END COMPLETELY OVERHAULED. *ET