FaultScore

Volvo VN610 electrical problems

30 of the 261 complaints filed about the Volvo VN610 are about the electrical system — 11% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1998.

30

Complaints

11%

Share of all complaints

0

Crashes

1

Fires

Electrical System complaints by model year

1997 VN610 2 6.7%
1998 VN610 18 60.0%
1999 VN610 6 20.0%
2000 VN610 4 13.3%

What owners said

1997 Volvo VN610 Chesapeake, VA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.

NHTSA complaint #565032 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1997 Volvo VN610 Clarington, PA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER DASH LOSES POWER.

NHTSA complaint #10004348 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Volvo VN610 Clarington, PA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON THE DASH BOARD. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DASH BOARD LOSES POWER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. TS

NHTSA complaint #10001055 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Victor, WV

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE WIRING HARNESS WHICH WAS REPLACED TWICE.

NHTSA complaint #565932 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Kingsville, MO

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

CONSUMER STATES THE LCD GRAPHICS DISPLAY WAS SHOWING TRIP MILES, MPG, VOLTMETER, AT 98,000 THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, HOWEVER AT 240,000 CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HIMSELF AND THE MANUFACTURER IS OFFERING NO SOLUTIONS.

NHTSA complaint #565370 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Volvo VN610 NEW London, OH

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

THE BUNK CLOCK IN THE VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING. THIS WAS COVERED BUT NOW THE WIRING TO THE CLOCK IS DEFECTIVE, CONSUMER IS ALSO EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING HARNESS.

NHTSA complaint #565927 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Agassiz, CD

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

CONSUMER STATES EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.

NHTSA complaint #565361 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2000 Volvo VN610 Adair, OK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SHORTS, BLOWING FUSES IN DASH AND COLUMN.

NHTSA complaint #565360 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Erie, MI

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.

NHTSA complaint #565075 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Springfield, OH

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

ALTERNATE GROUND BROKEN.

NHTSA complaint #565604 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Springfield, OH

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN

LEFT TAIL LIGHT OUT, ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE AND THE HORN FAILED.

NHTSA complaint #565604 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Detroit Lakes, MN

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ORIGINAL ECM WITH SOFTWARE WAS REPLACED DUE TO OTHER VEHICLE PROBLEMS, AFTER THE REPLACEMENT, PROBLEMS OCCURRED WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE, IT WAS REPLACED 5 OR 6 TIMES WITH 2 TEMPORARY TEST UNITS. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #564875 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2000 Volvo VN610 Tyler, TX

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

CONSUMER STATES TRUCK IS EXPERIENCING WIRING HARNESS PROBLEMS.

NHTSA complaint #565094 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

2000 Volvo VN610 Chattanooga, TN

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

EXPERIENCING WIRING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DASH.

NHTSA complaint #565608 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Volvo VN610 Avondale, AZ

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED TWICE.

NHTSA complaint #565586 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Volvo VN610 Wellington, OH

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

VEHICLE HAS A VIBRATION PROBLEM AT 1500 RPM WHERE THE DASH SHAKES VIOLENTLY BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH GEAR. THE VIBRATION IS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY PREMATURE STEER TIRE WEAR. *TT THE STEER TIRES WERE CUPPED ON THE INSIDE EDGES. ALSO, VARIOUS LIGHTS AND GAUGES IN THE DASH WERE INOPERATIVE. THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.

NHTSA complaint #565035 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Volvo VN610 Janesville, WI

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

CONSUMER HAS HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.

NHTSA complaint #565139 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Monroe, NC Fire

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM UNDER THE DASH, ALSO THE DASH WIRES SHORTED OUT WHICH CAUSED THE DASH LIGHTS TO GO OUT.*YH

NHTSA complaint #565010 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1999 Volvo VN610 Clinton, PA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

CONSUMER STATED TRUCK EXPERIENCED U-BOLT PROBLEMS.*JB. THE TRUCK ALSO EXPERIENCED WIRING HARNESS PROBLEMS UNDER THE DASH. CONSUMER LISTED NUMEROUS TRUCKS WITH SPRING BOLT PROBLEMS.

NHTSA complaint #565095 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1998 Volvo VN610 Baltimore, MD

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE WIRING HARNESS UNDER DASH AND SHORTS IN THE LIGHTS.

NHTSA complaint #565021 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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