2015 VOLVO S60 Complaints

NHSTA RECALL #19V849, THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPENS WITH NO KNOWN ANTECEDENT; EXCEPT NOW THE RECALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V849000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GUNTHER VOLVO CARS COCONUT CREEK LOCATED AT (4350 FL-7, COCONUT CREEK, FL 33073 954-590-3760) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

STARTED EXPERIENCING HIGH OIL USAGE WITH NO VISIBLE LEAKS, ABOUT 1 QUART IN 500 MILES. IT SEEMS FROM RESEARCH AND SOME VOLVO SERVICE BULLETINS THIS IS REOCCURRING ISSUE. VOLVO WILL ONLY DOES SOME REPAIRS AS A GOOD WILL BASIS EVEN THROUGH THIS IS A SERIAL DEFECT. SERVICE THE 36K WAS BY THE DEALER AND ALL OTHER SERVICE PER MANUFACTURE RECOMMENDATIONS AND VEHICLE SCHEDULED SERVICE PROTOCOLS.

WHILE DRIVING, COMPUTER SCREENS ALL WENT BLACK AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN. IF IT HAD HAPPENED 1 MILE PRIOR, WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING 50-55 ON A CURVY TWO LANE ROAD AND WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. TOWED TO DEALER AWAITING RESULTS.

DRIVERS SEAT BELT LOCKED IN A POSITION WHERE IT BECAME UNUSABLE WHILE DRIVING. PASSENGERS BELT TENSION WAS VERY LOOSE AND DID NOT RETRACT ON ITS OWN. NO ACCIDENTS OR AGGRESSIVE BRAKING WERE INVOLVED.

THE LOW PRESSURE FUEL SENSOR ON THESE VEHICLES IS KNOWN BY MANUFACTURER TO FAIL. THIS FAILURE CAN CAUSE HARD START CONDITIONS, TAKING OVER 5 SECONDS AT TIMES TO START THE VEHICLE. THE MAIN DANGER OF THIS COMES FROM THE FACT THIS IS A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AUTO STOP/START TECHNOLOGY. I HAVE EXPERIENCED NEAR MISSES DUE TO COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN TAKING OVER 5 SECONDS ON OCCASION FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. ON VEHICLES WITH WORN FUEL PUMPS THIS ISSUE COULD MANIFEST AS LOSS OF POWER UNDER HEAVY ENGINE LOAD, SUCH AS CLIMBING A HILL OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE FAILURE MODE IS OPEN CIRCUIT, MEANING AT SOME POINT PRIOR TO FAILURE THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF HIGH RESISTANCE WHICH ON A FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENT COULD LEAD TO EXCESSIVE HEAT AND FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE PART WAS OFFERED FOR 8 YEARS 80,000 MILES. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THE PART DUE TO ITS SAFETY RELATED CONSEQUENCES.

THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS DESTROYED BY A FIRE. THE CAR WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED WHEN A DOORMAN NOTICED THE PROBLEM AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SFFD EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.

BOUGHT USED VOLVO ONLY HAD 66,000 MILES ON IT 1ST SHIFTER STUCK IN PARK, THERE APPARENTLY IS A SLOT IN BEHIND SHIFTER IN THE CUBBY TO STICK KEY IN AND MANUALLY UNLOCK SHIFTER, 2ND SERIOUS WABBLE AT 50+ MPH WAS TOLD BY VOLVO IT WAS WASHER SYSTEM NEEDED IN ALL WHEEL DRIVE, THE WAS NOT THE ISSUE NEEDED DRIVERS AXEL. ONLY 1 MONTH AFTER REPLACING FRONT DRIVERS AXEL I ALREADY HEAR THE TELL TAIL CLICKING OF AXEL BEARING GONE BAD ON A NEW 750.00 AXEL, 3RD FOG / RUNNING LIGHT ON BUMPER FLICKERS OVER BUMPS. 4TH HAD THE REPLACE BEARINGS ON STRUTS ALL UNDER 70,000 MILES ON THE CAR NOT IMPRESSED VOLVO

I GOT A FLAT TIRE. THE CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A CONTINENTAL EMERGENCY TIRE INFLATOR KIT. I HOOKED IT UP AS THE INSTRUCTIONS STATED. IT DID NOT FILL THE TIRE AND EXPLODED COVERING MY CAR, INTERIOR (DOOR WAS OPEN FOR THE COMPRESSOR TO PLUG INTO CIG LIGHTER), AND MYSELF INCLUDING IN MY FACE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLVO S60. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, IT STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SUBARU OF MELBOURNE (LOCATED AT 4340 W NEW HAVEN AVE, WEST MELBOURNE, FL 32904, (321) 768-8020) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,999.