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Volvo ACL

Every Volvo ACL model year on file, 1988 to 2000. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years30 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years131988 to 2000
Recall campaigns19Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins284Summed across model years
By model year

The 1994 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 33% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.75119881990199219941199619982000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Equipment leads the Volvo ACL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Equipment
1
Suspension
1
Wheels
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volvo ACL 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 ACL by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2000Not decoded0NoneNone4028
1999Not decoded10.01006026
1998Truck10.0505028
1997Not decoded0NoneNone6028
1996Not decoded0NoneNone3026
1995Not decoded0NoneNone5025
1994Truck10.01003025
1993Not decoded0NoneNone1016
1992Not decoded0NoneNone1016
1991Not decoded0NoneNone1016
1990Not decoded0NoneNone1018
1989Not decoded0NoneNone1016
1988Not decoded0NoneNone1016
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo ACL

  • 02V-037-005 Aug 15, 2002
    On some heavy duty class 8 vehicles equipped with arvinmeritor axle assemblies which may have been manufactured with trw model 20edl ball sockets,…
    Steering · 20k vehicles
  • 01V-167-004 Jul 10, 2001
    Vehicle description: heavy duty 6x4 trucks equipped with chalmers 800 series suspension kits
    Suspension · 12 vehicles
  • 01V-044-013 May 8, 2001
    Vehicle description: heavy duty, class 8, trucks equipped with tie rod assemblies containing 24-dl model ball sockets and manufactured by trw
    Steering · 760 vehicles
  • 00V-190-002 Jan 29, 2001
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with accuride 22.5 x 8.25 15 tubeless demountable rims, part no. 32051
    Wheels · 182 vehicles
  • 01V-139-001 Nov 20, 2000
    Vehicle description: heavy duty class 8 vehicles equipped with arvinmeritor axle assemblies which may have been manufactured with trw model 20edl…
    Steering · 13k vehicles
  • 00V-246-306 Oct 24, 2000
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with trw 20-edl ball-socket assemblies
    Steering · 730 vehicles
  • 00V-232-003 Aug 22, 2000
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks built with bendix air abs with an ec-17 1030r electronic control unit (ecu), there have been reports of…
    Brakes · 18k vehicles
  • 00V-002-002 Feb 24, 2000
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with haldex manifold dash valves (mdv) used in tractor and trailer parking brakes
    Brakes · 14k vehicles
  • 00V-019-001 Jan 21, 2000
    Vehicle description: heavy duty class 8 trucks equipped with fontaine fifth wheel assemblies, models sl5wms6125, sl5wms7125, sl5wms8125,…
    Trailer hitches · 3,633 vehicles
  • 00V-012 Jan 18, 2000
    Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with a steel fuel tank
    Fuel system · 468 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.