1996 Volvo Volvo Truck: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1996 Volvo Volvo Truck. The newest campaign is 99V187001. NHTSA received the report on 23 Jun 1999. The NHTSA record gives the component Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine / Diesel. NHTSA has 5 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 99V187001, in the NHTSA record
Caterpillar is conducting the notification and remedy for this recall. Dealers will inspect the control assembly and replaced if necessary.
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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Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
3 campaigns, newest first. 758 units in total.
99V187001Received . 162 units.
Engine and Engine Cooling / Engine / Diesel
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with caterpillar 3116 mechanically unit injected diesel engines. The governor of the engine controls the unit injector fueling by way of a control assembly. In this assembly, a link to the governor is joined to the control rod using a rivet. This rivet can loosen and then wear resulting in engine speed instability.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If not identified and corrected, engine speed control could be lost due to rivet disengagement.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Caterpillar is conducting the notification and remedy for this recall. Dealers will inspect the control assembly and replaced if necessary.
Report filed by VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC.
99V078000Received . 382 units.
Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: class 8 heavy duty trucks assembled by either volvo GM heavy truck corporation or volvo trucks north america, INC., and with a 2,100 RPM detroit series 60 engine, and a 32 inch, 8 blade kysor engine cooling fan. The blades may separate from the engine cooling fan assembly during fan operation and full engine RPM.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
This condition poses a hazard to anyone working or standing in the area of the engine cooling fan without warning when the hood is open.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the factory installed engine cooling fan.
Report filed by VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC. Manufacturer campaign number RVXA9902. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
96V124001Received . 214 units.
Suspension
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
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.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
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, in the NHTSA record
Owner notification is being conducted by neway anchorlok. Dealers will inspect and replace all suspension suspension beams with suspension beams containing appropriate shafts.
Report filed by VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC.
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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
5 complaints, 9 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Suspension | 4 |
| Electrical System | 2 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 1 |
| Visibility | 1 |
| Unknown or Other | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 0
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 30 May 2002
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
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
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.
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 1996 Volvo Volvo TruckThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1996 Volvo Volvo Truck: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volvo/volvo-truck/1996/. 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
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC
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 units are in the recall campaigns for the 1996 Volvo Volvo Truck?
- 758 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Volvo Volvo Truck have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 12 recall campaigns for the Volvo Volvo Truck, model years 1977 to 2002. 3 of them name the 1996 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1996 Volvo Volvo Truck name most often?
- Suspension: 4 of 9 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1996 Volvo Volvo Truck open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.