PREMATURE WEAR FROM STEER TIRES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER COMBINATION OF RACE/BEARINGS IN MERITOR AXLES. *MJS
1998 Volvo VN610 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1998 record →
PREMATURE WEAR FROM STEER TIRES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER COMBINATION OF RACE/BEARINGS IN MERITOR AXLES. *MJS
PREMATURE WEAR FROM STEER TIRES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER COMBINATION OF RACE/BEARINGS IN MERITOR AXLES. *MJS
PREMATURE WEAR FROM STEER TIRES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER COMBINATION OF RACE/BEARINGS IN MERITOR AXLES. *MJS
PREMATURE WEAR FROM STEER TIRES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER COMBINATION OF RACE/BEARINGS IN MERITOR AXLES. *MJS
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTREME TIRE CUPPING DUE TO SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. *YH
STEERING BOX AND PUMP REPLACED 3 TIMES CAUSING STEERING TO FEEL LOOSE. NLM
FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEMS CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND BREAKAGE OF THE U-BOLT. MJS
FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEMS CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR TO TIRES AND DRAG LINK. MJS
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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