Volvos

As with anything, it is only as good as the person before you took care of it. If you decide to buy one, stay with the Cummins engine. More shops can work on these as opposed to the Volvo motor.

It's a nice riding truck, very quiet & comfortable, good visibility and lots of room.

I do believe they are made in S. Carolina.

Take your time and find a truck you want and go over it with a fine tooth comb!!

 

Mercedes is in sc not Volvo ...Volvo plant is in Virginia is where they are assembled....

 

I don't suggest it. I got one now, 2009 780, 13 spd, had 420k miles, real clean, cummins. At 475k miles last summer, the clutch just goes out. Total with the tow, cost me almost $4100 bucks, they also said the trans. input shaft broke too, which I think the shop did when they disassembled it, as I drove it about 25 miles when it went out. I have drivetrain warranty but no one ever covers a clutch in a used truck. other odd things go too, things that Never broke or wore out on my other 5 trucks. My first, and Last volvo for sure. Go with any other brand, easier to get parts too. volvo shop guys always say it costs about $7-8000 more to rebuild a volvo engine vs. a cummins, btw.

 

Some people kill me, the trans/engine combo is what you're really after, and after that go for the cab that suits you. I drive a Volvo and love it, has a 500 cummins and a 13 speed. As for Ribeye's experience, it sounds like the guy before you didnt' take care of it, as mentioned by Bakerman. You can have that same setup in different trucks and it could go out. Its not the fact that its in a Volvo, its just bad luck. If it were something electrical or specific to a Volvo then I could see your point.

 

Here's another thing on my volvo that broke a few months ago. One of the air tanks under drivers side got a crack in it at a weld seam. Dealer would not try to weld it, insisted on replacing it. 2 days to air-freight it in, cost about $1250 bucks installed. All the other brand trucks I've ever driven or owned, never had these odd things break. Volvo's ride nice, sure, but I believe they are made with poor quality parts. Maybe all new trucks are nowadays. My last 2000 KW 900L, I sold it with 885,000 miles, one of the few things I had break or go bad in it was an injector wire in the harness, in which the Cat dealer got me for the un-needed injector replacement. Also I had to replace the rear susp. leveling valve one time. $25 part. And the sun roof liked to leak in the rain of course.

 

Funny you just said that, cause that's the exact same thing that happened to my 2007 780.
Also, a couple months ago, the block in the firewall where all of the airlines go through went bad. Sounds like an easy fix, but one thing I've learned from owning a Volvo is that nothing is ever easy. in this case, there were a bunch of wires connected to the back of it, and the new replacement blocks are set up different from the stock ones, so it had to be connected at the dealership after trying to do it alone.
While I really love the room and setup of the interior of the Volvo 780, I can say I would never buy another one. Just when you think you have everything fixed, some other unexpected part breaks that you would never expect. add these parts to the normal stuff that wears out, and you can never get ahead of it.

 

Mine is leaking what did it cost to repair pm if you dont mine

 

The air tank was $560. I had other work done, so I can't say what part of the labor was for installing it.

 

I think the part is around 70$ and if you have patience and can label things it takes about 2 hours to do yourself.