1990 Volvo Volvo Truck

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › diesel. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Diesel	1		0	1	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Suspension96V124001

Filed Jul 25, 1996214 vehiclesVolvo Trucks North America Inc

Defect. THE EQUALIZING BEAM SHAFT OF THE TANDEM AXLE SUSPENSION WERE MANUFACTURED FROM AS-ROLLED SAE4140 STEEL RATHER THAN THE SPECIFIED ANNEALED SAE4140. THESE SHAFTS CAN FRACTURE INSIDE THE BEAM AT THE TOE OF THE WELD.

Risk. VEHICLES ARE SUBJECT TO VEHICLE TILT AND POSSIBLE ROLLOVER IN THE EVENT THAT BOTH EQUALIZING BEAMS, ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, EXPERIENCE A SIMULTANEOUS SHAFT FAILURE. AFFECTED SUSPENSIONS CAN ALSO DROP AND CONTACT THE ROAD SURFACE GENERATING SPARKS WHICH COULD IGNITE FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.

Remedy. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS BEING CONDUCTED BY NEWAY ANCHORLOK. DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE ALL SUSPENSION SUSPENSION BEAMS WITH SUSPENSION BEAMS CONTAINING APPROPRIATE SHAFTS.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › DieselFire

Filed Aug 15, 2001MN

1990 VOLVO 660 - CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS TRUCK BURNED TO THE GROUND AFTER 1 MONTH, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL OR ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2002	2	0	1	Routine
2001	3	1	0	Routine
2000	7	2	1	Routine
1999	12	1	0	Routine
1998	13	3	0	Routine
1997	3	3	0	Routine
1996	5	3	0	Routine
1995	10	1	0	Routine
1994	5	1	1	Routine
1993	2	0	0	Routine
1990 — this page	1	1	1	Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jul 25, 1996. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.