1999 Volvo 770

Routine

Owners filed 33 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension7
002
Power Train › Driveline › Universal Joint5
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash4
000
Tires2
000
Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear1
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing1
000
Suspension › Front › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › U-bolt, Leaf Spring to Axle1
000
Structure › Frame and Members1
000
Structure › Body › Door1
100

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body › DoorCrash
Filed Sep 22, 2010FL

1999 VOLVO 770, ENTERING THE OHIO TURNPIKE, THE RIGHT SIDE STORAGE COMPARTMENT DOOR OPENED AS UNIT 1 WAS MOVING FORWARD AND STRUCK THE TOLL BOOTH CAUSING DAMAGE. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0451-91)*JB

Suspension › Front › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › U-bolt, Leaf Spring to Axle
Filed Sep 12, 2002VT

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE U BOLT FELLOFF. CONSUMER DID NOT NOTICE THIS UNTIL A WEEK AFTER WHEN HE WAS HAVING OIL CHANGED IN VEHICLE.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jun 10, 2002AR

CONSUMER STATED THE CRANK CASE CRACKED. *JG

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed May 30, 2002WI

CONSUMER STATES EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, ALSO WITH THE WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE DASH. *TT

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed May 30, 2002MO

OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS, VEHICLE HAS HAD 2 RADIATORS AND 3 INTERCOOLERS REPLACED, THE ENGINE HAS BEEN WORKED ON FIVE TIMES, IT SMOKES HEAVILY AND EXPERIENCES A LOSS OF POWER. *TT

Electrical System › Starter Assembly
Filed May 30, 2002IN

VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING PROBLEMS WITH THE STARTER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TWICE FOR REPAIR. *JG

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed May 28, 2002TX

THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED. *JG

Suspension
Filed May 28, 2002CA

CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE SPRING BROKE, THE TIRE FELL OFF THE TRUCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK.*YH

Unknown or Other
Filed May 28, 2002WA

THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING DASH BOARD PROBLEMS. *YH

Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing
Filed May 13, 2002AZ

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BEARINGS ARE LOOSE. *YD

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Turbo/Supercharger
Filed May 13, 2002GA

CONSUMER STATES THAT TURBO WENT OUT AND ALSO EXPERIENCED 3 AIR TO AIR COOLER PROBLEM. *YD

Electrical System
Filed May 9, 2002NC

CONSUMER OWNS 2 OF THESE TRUCKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *YH

Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear
Filed Apr 23, 2002AL

WHILE DRIVING, THE SLEEPER BERTH MOON ROOF WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING, THE WINDOW WAS CLOSED AT THE TIMES OF FAILURE.*JB

Power Train › Driveline › Universal Joint
Filed Apr 18, 2002UT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS DETERMINED THE UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT ALLOWS THE STEERING COLUMN TO PIVOT FAILED. NLM

Power Train › Driveline › Universal Joint
Filed Apr 18, 2002UT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS DETERMINED THE UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT ALLOWS THE STEERING COLUMN TO PIVOT FAILED. NLM

Power Train › Driveline › Universal Joint
Filed Apr 18, 2002UT

THE CONUSMER STATES THAT THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT ALLOWS THE STEERING COLUMN TO PIVOT FAILED. NLM

Power Train › Driveline › Universal Joint
Filed Apr 18, 2002UT

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT ALLOWS THE STEERING COLUMN TO PIVOT FAILED. NLM

Power Train › Driveline › Universal Joint
Filed Apr 17, 2002UT

STEERING LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING, DEALER DETERMINED THE UNIVERSAL JOINT THAT ALLOWS THE STEERING COLUMN TO PIVOT FAILED. NLM

Tires
Filed Jan 8, 2002TN

RIGHT STEER TIRE SUFFERED A BLOW OUT AT SLOW SPEED, NO DAMAGE OR INJURYS OCCURED. RIGHT STEER TIRE BLOW OUT WHILE TRUCK ON INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT 65MPH, NO CONTROL LOST.

Steering › Gear Box › Shaft Pitman
Filed Oct 28, 2001GA

THIS TRUCK HAS A LOT OF FRONT END PROBLEMS THAT CAN NEVER BE SOLVED COMPANY OWNS 53 UNITS AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS TIRE WEAR VIBARATION. *AK

20 of 33 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20011000Routine
200035010Routine
1999 — this page33000Routine
199839000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.