Steering binding

An NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation into Volvo vehicles. Closed 24 June 2004.

Investigation
PE04014
Type
Preliminary Evaluation
Opened
5 February 2004
Closed
24 June 2004

What NHTSA investigated

Odi's preliminary evaluation focused on the potential for a broken, bent, deformed, fragmented or displaced turn signal canceling ring (tscr), vtna part number 1607363, to restrict thevehicle operator's ability to turn the steering wheel.the pe identified thirteen vtna warranty claims that allege that the tscr had failed and that the vehicle steering effort had been adversely affected.to date, odi has not found any samples of a failed tscr and has not been able to definitively establish whether a failed tscr can or cannot contribute to increased steering effort.odi believes that it is appropriate to conduct further investigation(ea level) to better understand the characteristics of tscr failures and to assess the effect, if any, that these types of failures could have on vehicle steering effort.

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
VolvoVN1998–1999
VolvoVN6101998–1999
VolvoVN6601998
VolvoVN7701998–1999
VolvoVNL1998–1999
VolvoVNL64T1999
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.