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Volvo WAH

Every Volvo WAH 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 years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years131988 to 2000

Recall campaigns11Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins281Summed across model years

By model year

The 1999 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Brakes leads the Volvo WAH complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes

Suspension

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Volvo WAH 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 WAH by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2000	Truck	1	0.0	50	2	28
1999	Truck	1	0.0	100	4	26
1998	Not decoded	0	None	None	4	26
1997	Not decoded	0	None	None	5	27
1996	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	27
1995	Not decoded	0	None	None	3	26
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	2	25
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	16
1992	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	16
1991	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	16
1990	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	16
1989	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	16
1988	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	16

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volvo WAH

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-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-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
99V-274 Oct 12, 1999
Vehicle description: heavy duty class 8 trucks
Trailer hitches · 59 vehicles
98V-255 Oct 14, 1998
Vehicle description: class 8 heavy duty trucks
Suspension · 95k vehicles
98V-120-001 May 19, 1998
Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with aftermarket aluminum dual wheels, 22.5x8.25, one-piece, tubeless, supplied by accuride/akw
Wheels · 3,065 vehicles
97V-212 Nov 17, 1997
Vehicle description: class 8 heavy duty trucks
Suspension · 923 vehicles
96V-032 Feb 12, 1996
Rear suspension axle retention plate can break under normal use, affecting axle alignment
Suspension · 6,034 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.