2000 Volvo VN610

Routine

Owners filed 18 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension3
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing1
000
Suspension › Front › Hub1
000
Structure1
000
Steering › Gear Box › Shaft Sector1
000
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)1
100
Steering1
000
Service Brakes, Air › Supply › Quick Release Valve1
000
Service Brakes, Air › Antilock1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Air › Supply › Quick Release Valve
Filed Nov 22, 2006489,000 milesTX

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY, THE AIR SUPPLY BRAKE CONTROL RELEASE VALVE EXPELLED THE BRAKE AIR AND DEPLETED THE AIR BRAKE SUPPLY WITHOUT WARNING WHICH RESULTED IN POOR BRAKE FUNCTION AS WELL AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE MAGNETVENTIL VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE INITIAL REPLACEMENT, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

Service Brakes, Air › Antilock
Filed Dec 9, 2004285,250 milesTX

THERE WAS AN AIR LEAK IN THE BRAKES.. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED. ONE COULD HEAR THE AIR LEAKING FROM THE BRAKES.*AK AIR PRESSURE LOSS . *TC

Steering › Gear Box › Shaft Sector
Filed Feb 11, 2003WA

THE STEERING SHAFT SECTOR OF THE U JOINT LOCKED UP. *JB

Unknown or Other
Filed May 30, 2002PA

CONSUMER STATES THE TRUCK HAD DASH PROBLEMS. *YH

Steering
Filed May 30, 2002OK

CONSUMER STATES EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING GEAR BOX. *TT

Suspension
Filed May 30, 2002IL

THE TRUCK SHAKES AND MAKES POPPING NOISE WHEN STOPPING, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT SPRINGS FAILED AND THE DEALER AGREED TO REPLACE IT UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER VOLVO WILL NOT UPGRADE TO A HEAVY DUTY SPRING. *YH

Suspension
Filed May 9, 2002UT

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF THE MISALIGNMENT OF THE STEERING TIRES. *JG

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed May 7, 2002TN

EXPERIENCING WIRING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DASH. *JG

Suspension
Filed May 7, 2002MO

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING STEER TIRE WEAR. *YD

Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)Crash
Filed May 2, 2002IL

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED WITHIN THE STEERING GEAR BOX WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK AND THEN PULL TO THE LEFT, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*JB

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Apr 19, 2002OH

THE HOOD UNLATCHES UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING BLOCKING THE DRIVERS VIEW OR THE ROAD, THE DRIVER WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A HOOD LATCH ADJUSTMENT PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE ADJUSTMENT YET THE HOOD STILL UNLATCHES FREQUENTLY. *NLM *MJ

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Apr 2, 2002IL

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, DEALERS HAVE CONTINUALLY ADJUSTED RIDE HEIGHT VALVE, ALSO DEALER KEPT TRYING TO CHANGE DRIVELINE ANGLE, THE LEFT REAR U-BOLT BROKE AT 256,000, THE BOLTS WERE RETORQUED REGULARLY, CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE POOR DRIVELINE HAS DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED EXCESS STRAIN ON AXLE PARTS.*YD

Suspension › Front › Wheel Bearing
Filed Mar 25, 2002OH

WE HAVE 12 VOLVOS AND ALL ARE EXPERIENCING PREMATURE BEARING FAILURE WHICH COULD LEAD TO A FATALITY. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Aug 15, 2001TX

CONSUMER STATED THE TRUCK EXPERIENCED WIRING HARNESS PROBLEMS.*JB

Structure
Filed Aug 15, 2001FL

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH DASH. VOLVO VN610 TRUCK. *SLC

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Aug 15, 2001WI

AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FAILED, REPLACED TWICE. *TT

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

PREMATURE WEAR FROM STEER TIRES RESULTING FROM IMPROPER COMBINATION OF RACE/BEARINGS IN MERITOR AXLES. *MJS

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Feb 1, 2001NC

VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP AND CLUTCH DROPPED, NO WARNING, CLUTCH IS SPICER BRAND. *AK

18 of 18 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20011000Routine
2000 — this page18000Routine
199921000Routine
199859011Fatalities reported
19973000Routine

Compare every VN610 year →

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.