1999 Volvo VNL64T

Routine

Owners filed 45 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front › hub. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front › Hub36
000
Unknown or Other3
000
Suspension2
000
Suspension › Front › Springs › Leaf Spring Assembly › U-bolt, Leaf Spring to Axle1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Jun 5, 2002AK

THERE WAS A BRAKE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS STATED THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THE HAD FROZEN UP ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. (JONATHON DEATON ON BEHALF OF FOOD LION INC AND DRIVER.) *JG THE CONSUMER STATED THAT VOLVO CHANGED THE DRYER IN THE LINE GOING TO THE WET TANK, AND HAS CHANGED THE RELAY VALVE GOING TO THE WHEEL CHAMBERS. *SCC

Unknown or Other
Filed May 23, 2002OH

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH. *JG

Unknown or Other
Filed May 13, 2002TX

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH. *JG

Suspension
Filed Apr 1, 2002KY

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT, ALL TIRES WERE WORN OUT AT 62,000 MILES.*JB

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed Aug 15, 2001ID

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRUCK HAS A WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM UNDER DASH. *YH

Unknown or Other
Filed Aug 15, 2001GA

CONSUMER STATES THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, ALONG WITH OTHER GAUGES, THE LIGHT IN THE CASING COMES ON SOMETIMES.*JB

Suspension
Filed Aug 15, 2001IA

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE EXPERIENCING A LITTLE VIBRATION ONCE IN AWHILE. *YH

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys
Filed May 25, 2001CA

SERPENTINE BELT KEEPS FALLING OFF. WHEN IT COMES OFF VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND CAN'T BE DRIVEN. SERPENTINE BELT HAD TO BE CHANGED 13 TIMES. *AK PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR. OVER WEIGHT FRONT AXLE . LEVELING ARM FAILURE BETWEEN AXLE, FAILED 3 TIMES. *SLC

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

Suspension › Front › Hub
Filed Feb 28, 2001TN

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

20 of 45 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20041000Routine
20013010Routine
200011000Routine
1999 — this page45000Routine
199863000Routine

Compare every VNL64T 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.