Volvo VHD: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 61 recall campaigns for the Volvo VHD, model years 1999 to 2027. NHTSA has 15 complaints on file for this model line. 27 of the 29 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 15 May 2019. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Volvo VHD: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2027 Volvo VHD NHTSA page	1	0	0%	205
2026 Volvo VHD	2	0	0%	4,063
2025 Volvo VHD	5	0	0%	129,043
2024 Volvo VHD	8	0	0%	183,845
2023 Volvo VHD	5	0	0%	180,852
2022 Volvo VHD	5	0	0%	181,678
2021 Volvo VHD	6	0	0%	144,758
2020 Volvo VHD	5	0	0%	161,797
2019 Volvo VHD	5	0	0%	30,449
2018 Volvo VHD	2	0	0%	4,860
2017 Volvo VHD	3	0	0%	4,706
2016 Volvo VHD	4	0	0%	10,536
2015 Volvo VHD	5	0	0%	16,770
2014 Volvo VHD	6	0	0%	48,785
2013 Volvo VHD	6	1	193%	39,262
2012 Volvo VHD	11	0	0%	88,051
2011 Volvo VHD	9	0	0%	78,195
2010 Volvo VHD	5	0	0%	35,280
2009 Volvo VHD	6	0	0%	41,467
2008 Volvo VHD	10	2	387%	280,966
2007 Volvo VHD	10	2	387%	286,408
2006 Volvo VHD	6	0	0%	272,705
2005 Volvo VHD	6	3	580%	272,705
2004 Volvo VHD	7	3	580%	328,859
2003 Volvo VHD	11	3	580%	328,235
2002 Volvo VHD	9	0	0%	192,596
2001 Volvo VHD	10	1	193%	191,486
2000 Volvo VHD	7	0	0%	80,333
1999 Volvo VHD NHTSA page	1	0	0%	19,915

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

20 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Volvo VHD: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling	300	6
Electrical System	150	3
Visibility	100	2
Wheels	100	2
Steering	50	1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	50	1
Structure	50	1
Suspension	50	1
Power Train	50	1
Unknown or Other	50	1

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Volvo VHD, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2023, with 7 campaigns.

Complaints about the Volvo VHD, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2005, with 4 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

XC9035 campaigns
S6040 campaigns
V7022 campaigns
S8027 campaigns
S706 campaigns
8505 campaigns
S4012 campaigns
V70XC4 campaigns
XC7019 campaigns
9601 campaign
7406 campaigns
XC6036 campaigns
C7010 campaigns
VNL64T0 campaigns
9403 campaigns
VNL87 campaigns
7700 campaigns
VN6100 campaigns
VN7700 campaigns
Volvo2 campaigns
V405 campaigns
Volvo Truck12 campaigns
7608 campaigns
VN47 campaigns
V508 campaigns
S9013 campaigns
WIA12 campaigns
C304 campaigns
7802 campaigns
8544 campaigns
V6016 campaigns
8554 campaigns
WXR6 campaigns
V908 campaigns
24512 campaigns
VNM45 campaigns
WG23 campaigns
24412 campaigns
XC4013 campaigns
7453 campaigns
7442 campaigns
9644 campaigns
9654 campaigns
ACL19 campaigns
VT16 campaigns
WXLL11 campaigns
WAH11 campaigns
WX24 campaigns
V60CC13 campaigns
WCA9 campaigns
24210 campaigns
S60CC3 campaigns
FE72 campaigns
VAH20 campaigns
VNL (4)19 campaigns
VNR17 campaigns
FE10 campaigns
VNRE (electric)7 campaigns
V90CC9 campaigns
F864 campaigns

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Volvo VHD: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volvo/vhd/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file: VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Volvo VHD model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2012 with 11, 2003 with 11, 2008 with 10. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Volvo VHD model year has the most complaints?: The 2003 model year, with 3 of the 15 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Volvo VHD name?: Engine and Engine Cooling: 6 component mentions. Electrical System: 3 component mentions. Visibility: 2 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Volvo VHD?: 7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.