2000 Volvo VNL64T

Routine

Owners filed 11 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension5
000
Visibility › Windshield1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)1
000
Service Brakes, Air1
000
Power Train › Manual Transmission1
000
Interior Lighting1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Suspension
Filed May 30, 2002GA

THE SHOCK ABSORBER WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES, THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE SPRINGS, AIRWAY VALVE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE BRACKET HOLDING THE CAB WERE STRIPPED. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRUCK HAS HAD REPEATED ALIGNMENTS AND FAILED. *YH

Interior Lighting
Filed May 30, 2002TN

THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD KEEP BLOWING OUT. *YH

Suspension
Filed May 30, 2002AL

CONSUMER STATES THE TRUCK WAS DELIVERED WITH ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS, THE STEER TIRES WERE WEARING BADLY AND AN ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED, AFTER ABOUT 60,000 MILES THE TRUCK DEVELOPED A SHIMMY IN THE FRONT END AND THE RIGHT STEER TIRE STARTED CUPPING, THE STEER TIRES HAD TO BE SHAVED, THE WHEEL BEARINGS WERE ADJUSTED AND ANOTHER ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED, CONSUMER STATES 6 ALIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ON THE TRUCK AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, THE TRUCK HAS ALSO HAD 3 SETS OF SHOCKS.*JB

Visibility › Windshield
Filed May 13, 2002TX

CONSUMER STATES THE WINDOWS CRACKED/ BLEW OUT. *JG

Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)
Filed May 7, 2002CT

CONSUMER STATES THAT STEERING GEAR FAILED.*YD

Suspension
Filed Aug 15, 2001FL

CONSUMER HAS BEEN TOLD BY VOLVO CERTIFIED ALIGNMENT MECHANICS THAT THE FRONT END CAN NOT BE ALIGNED BECAUSE OF BEARINGS PLAY. CONSUMER STATES WHEN VEHICLE IS EMPTY OR BOBTAIL IT IS OVERWEIGHT. *TT

Suspension › Front
Filed Aug 15, 2001OR

THE TRUCK IS HAVING U-BOLT PROBLEMS, ALSO THE TRUCK WANDERS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. *YD THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING OTHER PROBLEMS AS FOLLOWED: WIRING HARNESS, DASH, TRANSMISSION FAILURE, MILES PER GALLON HAS GONE DOWN, AND THE ENGINE HAD A BAD BLOW BY AND MISS. *SCC

Suspension
Filed Aug 15, 2001SD

CONSUMER STATES THE TIRES WEAR STRONGLY. *YH

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Aug 15, 2001IL

CONSUMER HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION, THE TRUCK WOULD MAKE NOISES WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET ANY SATISFACTION FROM THE VOLVO DEALER.*YH

Service Brakes, Air
Filed Aug 15, 2001NH

THE TRUCK HAD DIFFICULTY SCALING UNDER 12,000 ON STEER AXLE. ALSO FRONT SHOCKS FAILED. CONSUMER STATED THE TRUCK NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT AT 65,000 MILES. *YH. THE DRIVE LINE VIBRATED, THE BRAKES SQUEAKED, THE CAB SHIFTED ON THE MOUNT, THE MARKER FUSE LIGHT BLEW OUT, THE RIGHT FUEL TANK SHIFTED, THERE WAS A COOLANT, FUEL AND OIL LEAK. *JB

Suspension
Filed Aug 15, 2001MO

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING A STEER TIRE WEAR. *YH

11 of 11 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20041000Routine
20013010Routine
2000 — this page11000Routine
199945000Routine
199863000Routine

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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.