Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo Trucks) is recalling certain 2022-2025 Volvo VN and 2025 New VN trucks. The idler gear bracket fasteners may have been improperly tightened, allowing the idler gear to detach from the engine.
Engine & cooling
Volvo VN Engine problems by year
3 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Volvo VN's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo Trucks) is recalling certain 2023 Volvo VN vehicles. The engine control module (ECM) may experience an internal electrical short-circuit, causing the engine to stall.
Covers2023 Volvo VN
On certain heavy-duty class 8 trucks, the assembled engine pre-heater jumper wiring harness was incorrectly assembled.
Latest VN engine complaints
While driving on interstate 85 truck started making noise and coolant light came on. After opening hood notice fan dislodged and coolant completely gone from radiator. Called a repair shop who diagnosed the fan hub bearing had failed causing the fan to break then causing a chain reaction of other parts such as penetrating a hole in radiator and possibly turbo air tubes and other minor hoses and belts and replacement of fluids transmission and coolant. The total bill escalated to almost $7000.00 Dollars for which...
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it seemed to be over billed by the repair shop of about 2000.00 Dollars. This could of been prevented if a simple design of a brace to hold fan in place when fan hub fails. *Tr
Exhaust leaks into cab while driving. This has been an ongoing concern since owning the tractor. It has been in the shop at least 10 times with continual leaks within weeks to months at a time. My wife an I drive tandem and have had a lot of sinus problems as a result of diesel exhaust. It makes my wife sick to her stomach.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 volvo vn. While the vehicle was stopped he disengaged the clutch and the vehicle began to move forward. He applied pressure to the brake pedal but the vehicle continued to move forward until he shut the engine off. The vehicle was towed an authorized dealer where he was informed that the clutch spring broke and it was repaired. The failure did not recur. He also stated that the vehicle experienced three separate failures in which the engine turbo would fail. He experienced a loss of...
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engine power while driving on three occasions in which the vehicle was be taken to an authorized dealer to be repaired. The failure and current mileages were 253,000. Updated 12/15/10*lj updated 12/27/10
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