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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: STRUCTURE:BODY</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>METAL STRAP HOLDING UP AIR TANK RESERVOIR IS CONSTANTLY BREAKING, BROKE ON MY TRUCK FEW YEARS AGO WHILE DRIVING ON THE HWY, IS BREAKING UP ON ALL MY TRUCKS WITH ABOVE DESIGN. MYSELF GETTING TIRED WITH DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND PART, I HAVE REPLACED METAL STRAP WITH A TIE DOWN RATCHET RATED 5000LBS. NOW I'M GETTING  TICKETS FROM DOT FOR DOING SO AND SOLVING THE PROBLEM THE RIGHT WAY. MENTION ABOVE VOLVO</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>METAL STRAP HOLDING UP AIR TANK RESERVOIR IS CONSTANTLY BREAKING, BROKE ON MY TRUCK FEW YEARS AGO WHILE DRIVING ON THE HWY, IS BREAKING UP ON ALL MY TRUCKS WITH ABOVE DESIGN. MYSELF GETTING TIRED WITH DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND PART, I HAVE REPLACED METAL STRAP WITH A TIE DOWN RATCHET RATED 5000LBS. NOW I'M GETTING  TICKETS FROM DOT FOR DOING SO AND SOLVING THE PROBLEM THE RIGHT WAY. MENTION ABOVE VOLVO</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: TIRES</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>2006 VOLVO 245,  UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 WERE WEST ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE. UNIT 1 WAS OVERTAKING UNIT 2 ON THE LEFT SIDE.  UNIT 2 LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AND UNIT 1 AND 2 COLLIDED.  UNIT 1 STARTED TO JACKKNIFE FORCING BOTH UNITS  OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE  ROAD.  UNIT 2  DROVE INTO THE DITCH AND OVERTURNED ONTO THE LEFT SIDE. UNIT 1 STRUCK THE DITCH AND SPUN AROUND AND OVERTURNED ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE.   *</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:CONTROLS:FOOT CONTROL/VALVE</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>1998, VOLVO, COMMERCIAL TRACTOR SERVICE, BRAKE PEDAL RIGHT ON THE FLOOR AND HARD TO REACH.  *AK</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:CONTROLS:FOOT CONTROL/VALVE</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>FOOD LION DRIVER STATES THAT BRAKES FREEZE UP IN COLD, AND THE THEY THINK THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FOOT VALVE BEING TOO SMALL TO HANDLE THE AIR OF THE OTHER VALVES.  *MJ</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SUSPENSION</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK   *SLC</description>
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