FaultScore

Worst years for a Volvo Volvo Truck

Owners have filed 104 complaints about the Volvo Volvo Truck with NHTSA across model years 1988 to 2002. More of them are about the suspension than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Volvo Volvo Truck

15 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

1995 Volvo Volvo Truck

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Volvo Volvo Truck year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2002 2 0 1 Brakes
2001 4 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2000 C 15 0 2 Steering
1999 B 18 0 0 Suspension
1998 C 22 0 0 Suspension
1997 3 0 0 Suspension
1996 9 0 0 Suspension
1995 A 13 0 0 Electrical System
1994 5 0 1 Suspension
1993 2 0 0 Suspension
1990 6 0 6 Engine & Cooling
1988 5 0 0 Suspension

What breaks on a Volvo Volvo Truck

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Suspension 38 36.5%

Worst in 1998

Electrical System 13 12.5%

Worst in 1998

Engine & Cooling 10 9.6%

Worst in 1990

Steering 8 7.7%

Worst in 2000

Transmission & Drivetrain 7 6.7%

Worst in 1998

Brakes 7 6.7%

Worst in 1998

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 3.8%

Worst in 1999

Other & Unspecified 4 3.8%

Worst in 1998

Tires 3 2.9%

Worst in 2000

Doors, Latches & Locks 2 1.9%

Worst in 1998

Airbags 1 1.0%

Worst in 1994

Body & Structure 1 1.0%

Worst in 1998

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 1.0%

Worst in 2000

Lights 1 1.0%

Worst in 1999

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Volvo Volvo Truck, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 2000 peak 51 Jul 2011

Compare the Volvo Volvo Truck

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.