1998 Volvo VN610: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 1998 Volvo VN610. NHTSA has 59 complaints on file for this model year. 6 NHTSA investigations name this model year.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
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.
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Recall campaigns
No NHTSA recall campaign names the 1998 Volvo VN610. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 59 complaints for it.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
59 complaints, 164 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.
- 1998 Volvo VN610
- All 1998 vehicles
| Component | 1998 VN610 | All 1998 vehicles | VN610, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 256.1 | 82.6 | 348.7 | 42 |
| Electrical System | 109.8 | 82.5 | 114.9 | 18 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 103.7 | 123.7 | 72.8 | 17 |
| Steering | 91.5 | 55.8 | 76.6 | 15 |
| Power Train | 73.2 | 90.4 | 80.5 | 12 |
| Visibility | 67.1 | 56.1 | 49.8 | 11 |
| Unknown or Other | 67.1 | 21.9 | 49.8 | 11 |
| Service Brakes, Air | 54.9 | 5.6 | 46 | 9 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 36.6 | 36.2 | 23 | 6 |
| Equipment | 36.6 | 22.9 | 34.5 | 6 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 18.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 2
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 3
- Deaths in the complaints
- 1
- Date of the newest complaint
- 14 Aug 2007
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA04016 | Engineering analysis | STEERING BINDING | Steering / Column | 24 Jun 2004 | 31 Mar 2005 | |
| PE04014 | Preliminary evaluation | STEERING BINDING | Steering | 5 Feb 2004 | 24 Jun 2004 | |
| EA02021 | Engineering analysis | FRONT SUSPENSION U-BOLTS LOOSEN OR BREAK | Suspension | 6 Sep 2002 | 6 Nov 2003 | |
| PE01042 | Preliminary evaluation | STEERING AXLE U-BOLT | Steering | 3 Dec 2001 | 6 Sep 2002 | |
| PE01041 | Preliminary evaluation | STEERING GEARBOX OR U-JOINT | Steering | 3 Dec 2001 | 14 Jun 2002 | |
| PE01040 | Preliminary evaluation | SLEEPER BERTH FIRES | Electrical System | 3 Dec 2001 | 26 Mar 2002 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19970
- 19980
- 19990
- 20000
- 20010
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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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.
- NHTSA page of the 1998 Volvo VN610The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1998 Volvo VN610: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volvo/vn610/1998/. 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
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many recall campaigns does the Volvo VN610 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the Volvo VN610, model years 1997 to 2001.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Volvo VN610 name most often?
- Suspension: 42 of 164 component mentions, or 256.1 per 1,000. For all 1998 vehicles the figure is 82.6 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Volvo VN610 open?
- No. Each of the 6 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.