Volvo VN610

Owners filed 102 complaints across 5 model years of the Volvo VN610. The 1998 drew the most (59).

Model years5
Complaints102
Recalls0
Fires1
Deaths1

Which Volvo VN610 years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Volvo VN610 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Volvo VN610 model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20011
0——Power Train › Manual TransmissionRoutine
200018
0—1SuspensionRoutine
199921
0—1SuspensionRoutine
199859
012SuspensionFatalities reported
19973
0——Electrical SystemRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.