2007 VOLVO VNL — Complaint #666692
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NHTSA Complaint about PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:AIR filed April 21, 2008
NHTSA complaint #666692 (ODI reference 10225316) concerns a 2007 VOLVO VNL and was filed on April 21, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 21, 2008. The vehicle had 2,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as parking brake:conventional:air, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: yes, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same VOLVO VNL cohort independently describe similar parking brake:conventional:air failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2007 VOLVO VNL shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2007 VOLVO 780, BOUGHT IN 7-31-2006, WHEN DRIVING FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION GOING INTO GEAR. FROM THAT TIME ON THE PROBLEMS HAVE GOTTEN WORSE AND TO THE POINT OF BEING UNSAFE. IT BREAKS DOWN FREQUENTLY AND WON'T GO INTO GEAR. WE HAVE BEEN TOWED NUMEROUS TIMES AND HAVE LOST REVENUE. IT HAS MELTED WIRES AND COMPONENTS. THE COMPUTER THROWS OUT CODES THAT INDICATES PROBLEMS WITH THE COMPUTER, ELECTRICAL, TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE, BRAKES, ETC., ETC. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN DOWN NUMEROUS TIMES. MOST RECENT, DOWN IN OCTOBER OF 07, DOWN IN DEC. OF 07, DOWN IN APRIL 07 TWO TIMES. IS NOW BROKEN DOWN IN SLC, UT AND IS AT THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP THERE. I BOUGHT A NEW TRUCK SO THAT IT WOULD BE RELIABLE LIKE VOLVO CLAIMED IT TO BE. IT NOW JUST SHUTS DOWN AND YOU ARE DEAD IN YOUR TRACKS. IT HAS MELTED TWO VOLTAGE DOUBLERS. IT IS UNSAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. I WANT A NEW TRUCK, ONE THAT RUNS. I PAID FOR THE NEW TRUCK, I PAY MY MONTHLY PAYMENTS EVEN WHEN THE TRUCK IS BROKEN DOWN. VOL
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 666692 |
| ODI Number | 10225316 |
| Date Filed | April 21, 2008 |
| Failure Date | April 21, 2008 |
| VIN | 4V4NC9GHX7N |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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