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Volvo VNR

Every Volvo VNR model year on file, 2017 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years92017 to 2025
Recall campaigns17Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,011Summed across model years
By model year

The 2021 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7512017201820192020202112022202320242025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Visibility and wipers leads the Volvo VNR complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volvo VNR 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 VNR by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone105
2024Not decoded0NoneNone6038
2023Heavy truck10.01003041
2022Not decoded0NoneNone40138
2021Heavy truck10.010080138
2020Not decoded0NoneNone80149
2019Not decoded0NoneNone40196
2018Not decoded0NoneNone20188
2017Not decoded0NoneNone00118
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo VNR

  • 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-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-280 Apr 19, 2023
    Coolant line in the high voltage battery pack may not be fully seated and locked, which can result in the loss of coolant and an electrical short…
    Electrical system · 125 vehicles
  • 23V-255 Apr 7, 2023
    When the adaptive cruise control braking activates under light load conditions, it can trigger an aggressive braking response
    Adaptive equipment · 236 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
  • 21V-417 Jun 2, 2021
    Hubcap compression spring can cause the hubcap to separate
    Wheels · 1,050 vehicles
  • 20V-782 Dec 15, 2020
    Collets (internal jaws) for the brass fitting inserts used in the pneumatic pass-through plate may have been damaged during leak testing
    Brakes · 6,982 vehicles
  • 20V-536 Sep 2, 2020
    Die cast pedal plate may break at one of its attachment points, possibly resulting in the brake pedal dislodging
    Brakes · 11k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.