Recall Register

Volvo VN: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 47 recall campaigns for the Volvo VN, model years 1996 to 2027. NHTSA has 41 complaints on file for this model line. 25 of the 30 model years have a page on this register.

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 . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

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

  1. 19961
  2. 19979
  3. 19986
  4. 19995
  5. 20002
  6. 20012
  7. 20025
  8. 20034
  9. 20044
  10. 20052
  11. 20064
  12. 20073
  13. 20082
  14. 20094
  15. 20104
  16. 20112
  17. 20122
  18. 20132
  19. 20141
  20. 20151
  21. 20162
  22. 20191
  23. 20202
  24. 20212
  25. 20226
  26. 20239
  27. 20247
  28. 20258
  29. 20263
  30. 20271
Volvo VN: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2027 Volvo VN NHTSA page100%205
2026 Volvo VN300%4,291
2025 Volvo VN800%129,376
2024 Volvo VN700%128,922
2023 Volvo VN900%130,869
2022 Volvo VN600%129,775
2021 Volvo VN200%125,587
2020 Volvo VN200%125,587
2019 Volvo VN NHTSA page100%638
2016 Volvo VN200%10
2015 Volvo VN NHTSA page100%14,934
2014 Volvo VN NHTSA page1173%14,934
2013 Volvo VN2173%16,430
2012 Volvo VN200%16,430
2011 Volvo VN200%16,430
2010 Volvo VN400%26,601
2009 Volvo VN400%26,601
2008 Volvo VN22146%7,683
2007 Volvo VN33220%9,820
2006 Volvo VN42146%8,463
2005 Volvo VN22146%1,506
2004 Volvo VN4173%63,056
2003 Volvo VN43220%61,136
2002 Volvo VN500%61,349
2001 Volvo VN2173%56,369
2000 Volvo VN25366%76,069
1999 Volvo VN59659%35,502
1998 Volvo VN69659%20,864
1997 Volvo VN900%25,188
1996 Volvo VN NHTSA page12146%1,035

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

130 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 VN: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Suspension215.428
Equipment138.518
Electrical System107.714
Steering10013
Structure84.611
Power Train76.910
Unknown or Other69.29
Exterior Lighting61.58
Engine and Engine Cooling53.87
Tires23.13

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Volvo VN, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2024, with 7 campaigns.
Complaints about the Volvo VN, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2001, with 10 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Volvo: all 86 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

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

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 VN model years have the most recall campaigns?
2023 with 9, 1997 with 9, 2025 with 8. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Volvo VN model year has the most complaints?
The 1998 model year, with 9 of the 41 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Volvo VN name?
Suspension: 215.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Equipment: 138.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 107.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Volvo VN?
11 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.