On certain trucks equipped with d12d engines, the exhaust gas recirculation (egr) cooler inlet pipes or the pipes that connect the egr valves to the cooler may crack or break.
Engine & cooling
Volvo VHD Engine problems by year
5 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Volvo VHD's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
On certain heavy-duty class 8 trucks, the assembled engine pre-heater jumper wiring harness was incorrectly assembled.
Latest VHD engine complaints
2007 Volvo vhd heavy truck. Volvo ved12 engine. Egr cooler failure resulting in heavy truck disabled on highway. Near miss accident from vehicles approaching from rear. Environmental discharge of engine coolant and heavy smoke. Speaking with volvo truck representatives and other volvo truck owners, it is likely that this is a systematic problem for volvo trucks with volvo ved-12 engines. *Tr
November 12, 2010, while driving on a state highway, as sole owner/operator of a 2003 volvo vhd 64f 10 wheel dump truck the engine suddenly and without warning stopped running. It immediately became a safety issue to control this empty truck with no equipment trailer attached because of the loss of power steering. The vehicle was towed to a volvo dealer. It was diagnosed by volvo as an engine computer failure. Volvo has not explained which part of this (eecu) engine electronic control unit failed, which I requested to know. The eecu was replaced with a volvo rebuilt unit. This is a product safety and reliability issue. This truck has fifteen thousand, (15,000), original miles. *Tr
The truck was just working an average day, hauling hot mix asphalt, when the engine began to skip. Brought the truck into dario diesel, they found faulty injector connector, had it replaced. One month later, the same thing happened, again took truck to dario diesel, they found the same problem, they repaired the connector, and sent the truck on its way. 2 Months after second repair, it happened again, they found the same problem, corrected it and sent the truck on its way again. One month after third repair,...
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the same thing happened again, again took the truck to dario diesel, they found the same problem and sent the truck on its way. Now they tell us the whole wiring harness for the connectors need to be replaced. We have already spent $1397.00 Having this problem supposedly repaired. We have also sent a letter to volvo trucks telling them of the problem. *Tr
Horton fan hub failure similar to action number ea09-008 for failure in kenworth and peterbilit trucks. I have a volvo truck (2007 vhd) that is on its third horton fan hub. Very expensive failure, identical design problem to kenworth and peterbilt, its time to link this problem to volvo too. *Tr
On may 9th, we purchased a new volvo v 40 station wagon from putnam volvo in burlingame, california. On may 17 2004 this brand new car stalled dead while moving forward in traffic, a week after it was purchased. We called the dealership and they blew us off and said they had never heard of such a problem and that it was probably "bad gas." A few weeks later in july 2004 itt stalled dead again while making a turn at a busy intersection (mileage 3,612). We could have been killed! We took it immediately into the...
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dealership and said it was unsafe to drive. Two weeks went by and the putnam volvo dealership where we purchased it said they could not find a problem. The mechanic in service let it slip that they had seen 4 other volvos with this problem. We think this is a very serious, life threatening problem and wonder if someone has to die before this is made public and corrected. We have lost faith in the safety of this car which is the sole reason we purchased a volvo. Volvo finally demanded that we pick up the car even though they never could replicate the problem nor would they guarnatee that it was fixed. I have to commute on highway 5 and obviously this kind of problem would be deadly if it stalled dead on me in this situation. In the past we have bought hondas because of their mechanical reliability but the news media has lead us to believe that volvos were the safest car.*Ak
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data