STEERING
A detached link rod can cause a loss of steering control and increase the risk of a crash.
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory.
1 campaign covering the 2024 VOLVO BUS 9700 carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
A detached link rod can cause a loss of steering control and increase the risk of a crash.
An unexpected engine shutdown increases the risk of a crash. Additionally, a disabled coach bus may require an evacuation procedure in an uncontrolled traffic situation, increasing the risk of injury to passengers.
A loose steering gear link rod can cause a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Two 2024 VOLVO BUS 9700s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.