Volvo Vnr Recalls

The Volvo VNR has 26 recalls spanning 2018 through 2025, with the most serious being a steering gear sector shaft defect on 2024-2025 models where the gear teeth can crack or fracture, causing a complete loss of steering control.

The 2024 model year carries several additional serious issues. A loose fastener connecting the pitman arm and draglink can cause that steering connection to fail and drop the driver without steering input. A software error can also leave the electronic stability control inoperative on 2024 models. Hub covers on 2024 vehicles can detach while driving and become road hazards. On the 2025 model year, a manufacturing defect in the steering gear can cause power steering fluid to leak, resulting in a sudden and significant increase in steering effort.

The 2022-2024 model years share a windshield wiper motor issue where the gears wear prematurely and the wipers stop working, reducing visibility in rain or snow. The 2022 model year has a separate concern with sleeper cab cabinets that can detach and fall on occupants. The 2021-2022 models have hubcap compression springs that can eject the hubcap onto the road.

The 2020-2024 VNR Electric models have a coolant line in the high-voltage battery pack that can unseat, lose coolant, and cause an electrical short that raises the risk of fire. The 2023 VNR Electric has an additional battery pack issue where internal hardware can loosen, detach, and short-circuit, also creating a fire risk. The 2020-2023 VNR Electric with adaptive cruise control can produce an overly aggressive braking response under light load, causing rear axle skid or brake lockup.

On 2021 models, two separate brake line issues at the firewall pass-through plate can cause an air brake line to release under pressure, applying the parking brake without warning while driving. The 2021 model year also has a king pin nut that may be missing or undertightened, which can allow the steering knuckle to separate from the axle. The 2020-2021 model years share a brake pedal support plate that can fracture, detaching the pedal and eliminating braking. Steering gear fasteners on 2020-2021 vehicles may also be insufficiently tightened, allowing the gear to loosen and cause loss of control.

The 2020 model year has steering gear mounting fasteners that can loosen on trucks equipped with HD94 Sheppard gear variants, and a separate issue where the steering gear attachment bolts can loosen. A 2020 VNR Electric-only recall covers poor signal strength that can disable the main control unit, taking down anti-lock brakes, traction control, stability control, adaptive cruise, and collision mitigation simultaneously. The 2019-2020 model years have transmission auxiliary air tank straps whose mounting hardware can fail and drop the tank onto the road. The 2018-2020 model years have a transmission circuit fuse that can blow and prevent the transmission from shifting. The 2019 model year has a fifth wheel slider bracket that may be too narrow, potentially allowing a trailer to separate from the tractor. The 2018-2021 model years have a federal certification label that overstates the rear axle weight rating relative to the actual wheel hub capacity, which can lead to premature hub failure under load. The 2018 model year has a daytime running lamp issue where manually switched-off lights fail to reactivate when the vehicle is driven