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Volvo VNL

Every Volvo VNL model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years325 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years112015 to 2025
Recall campaigns37Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,603Summed across model years
By model year

The 2016 model year drew the most complaints, 12, 38% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0369122015201612201720182019202020212022202320242025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Volvo VNL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
12
Suspension
7
Steering
5
Brakes
4
Engine and cooling
4
Structure
3
Speed control
2
Electrical system
2
Airbags
1
Wheels
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volvo VNL model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Volvo VNL by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone107
2024Not decoded0NoneNone7039
2023Heavy truck10.01003053
2022Heavy truck20.010070147
2021Not decoded0NoneNone70150
2020Not decoded0NoneNone90166
2019Heavy truck425.013380212
2018Heavy truck812.526750249
2017Not decoded0NoneNone51216
2016Heavy truck1216.740062202
2015Heavy truck520.012592162
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo VNL

  • 24V-121 Feb 19, 2024
    Steering gear sector shaft may have been improperly heat-treated, which can cause the gear teeth to crack or fracture
    Steering · 45 vehicles
  • 23V-900 Dec 26, 2023
    Steering gear assembly may have been assembled incorrectly with fewer recirculating balls than are required, which may result in a loss of…
    Steering · 1 vehicles
  • 23V-886 Dec 22, 2023
    Bearing journals may not be fully seated in the steering knuckle assembly, preventing the proper installation of the wheel end hub assembly
    Steering · 1 vehicles
  • 23V-690 Oct 13, 2023
    Fastener that connects two steering components, the pitman arm and draglink, may be loose, which can cause the connection to fail and result in a…
    Steering · 1,933 vehicles
  • 23V-689 Oct 13, 2023
    Software programming error may cause the electronic stability control (ESC) to be inoperative
    Stability and traction control · 29 vehicles
  • 23V-511 Jul 24, 2023
    Windshield wiper motor gears may wear prematurely, causing the motor to fail
    Visibility and wipers · 55k vehicles
  • 23V-403 Jun 4, 2023
    Missing circuit will prevent the side air bag from deploying during a crash
    Airbags · 29 vehicles
  • 23V-173 Mar 16, 2023
    Hub covers do not properly fit on the hub and can detach from the vehicle
    Wheels · 1,007 vehicles
  • 22V-896 Dec 6, 2022
    Air tank bracket fasteners were excessively tightened and may have broken
    Brakes · 412 vehicles
  • 21V-858 Nov 4, 2021
    Machining defect may cause pressure to build in the power steering pump, breaking the shaft seal and resulting in a loss of power steering assist
    Steering · 3 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.