Steering binding

An NHTSA Engineering Analysis into Volvo vehicles. Closed 31 March 2005.

Investigation
EA04016
Type
Engineering Analysis
Opened
24 June 2004
Closed
31 March 2005

What NHTSA investigated

Odi's investigationconcluded that the legs that retain the turn signal canceling ring (tscr), part number 1607363, to the steering wheel installed in model year 1998 - 1999 vn and vhd series vtna (volvo truck north america) vehicles are prone to cracking and breaking.when the retention legs break, the separated pieces of the tscr typicallyrepose in the host cavity in the steering wheel hub where they were deposited.odifound that broken pieces of the tscr either (1) migrated from their host cavity and dropped completely from the steering wheel assembly or (2) lodged in various areas of the steering wheel proximate to the tscr.odi simulated various locations and positions that a separated piece of the tscr might become lodged within the steering wheel assembly, but none of these simulations generated any appreciable increase in steering effort.

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
VolvoHEAVY TRUCK1999
VolvoVHD1999
VolvoVN1998–1999
VolvoVN6101998–1999
VolvoVN6601998
VolvoVN7701998–1999
VolvoVNL7701999
VolvoVOLVO TRUCK1998–1999

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.