2000 VOLVO S80 Complaints

WHILE SITTING ON A SLIGHT INCLINE AND TAKING FOOT OFF OF BRAKES TO GIVE VEHICLE SOME GAS, VEHICLE WILL ROLL BACK AND KEEP GOING BACK UNTIL DRIVER PUTS FOOT ON BRAKE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE IF SOMEONE IS CROSSING BEHIND IT WOULD BE VERY EASILY TO RUN HIM/HER OVER.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATES. VOLVO HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ENGINE REVS UP (100-300 RPM) WHEN COMING TO A STOP. YOU HAVE TO STEP ON THE BRAKES REALLY HARD SO THAT IT WILL NOT MOVE. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE SHOP 4 TIMES AND COMPLAINT ABOUT IT BUT WAS TOLD THAT THEY KNOW THAT THE CAR REVS UP BUT THE RPM WILL NOT MAKE IT RUN. IT DOES AND I EVEN CALLED VOLVO CUSTOMER SERVICE TO GET HELP BUT GOT NOWHERE.THE DEALERSHIP KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WAS TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT CHANGE THE SENSOR BECAUSE THE COMPUTE DOES NOT LOD A CODE AND THEY WILL NOT BE REIMBURSE BY VOLVO.PLEASE HELP... I KNOW THE CAR IS DEFECTIVE BUT NOBODY IS HELPING ME TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I EVEN COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SUSPENSION BEING BAD AT THE SAME TIME THAT I BROUGHT THE CAR FOR THE JERKING PROBLEM BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE. BROUGHT IT 4 TIMES AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SUSPENSION BUT NOTHING. LAST MONTH VOLVO HAD A RECALL ON THE BALLJOINTS AND THAT TELLS ME THAT I WAS RIGHT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SUSPENSION. THE CAR IS GETTING WORST. AT TIMES IT JUST MOVES IN A JERKING MOTION WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. NEED YOUR HELP AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM THIS. I WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE HELP SINCE I HAVE THE CAR USED BY MY KIDS. RIGHT NOW I HAVE NOT USED IT FOR A MONTH BEC. OF THE PROBLEM. I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT IN NY WHEN I NUDGE A PEDESTRIAN DURING A STOP SINCE THE CAR JERKS AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO STEP ON THE BRAKES REALLY TO STOP IT FROM MOVING..THE PERSON WAS REALLY MAD AND ALL I HAD TO DO IS APOLOGIZE.*AK

THE RIGHT FRONT BALL BEARING BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND STEERING ABILITY. *ET

SEE ODI NUMBER 726533 FOR PREVIOUS REPORT. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, NOW 4 OCCURRENCES: THRUMMING SOUND THAT GETS LOUDER AND TRANSITIONS INTO SIGNIFICANT RAPID VIBRATION OF ENTIRE CAR. CONDITIONS AT LATEST OCCURRENCE: DRY PAVEMENT, AIR CONDITIONER ON, DASH THERMOMETER READING 82F, STEADY 67MPH, TWO PEOPLE IN CAR. ADDITIONAL DATA: PUT TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL NO CHANGE; VARIED RPM (STILL IN NEUTRAL) NO CHANGE; TURNED OFF ENGINE NO CHANGE. RESTARTED ENGINE NO CHANGE; THEN STOPPED. VIBRATION DISAPPEARED AS SPEED DROPPED (BELIEVE ABOUT LOW 20S OR TEENS). RAN HANDS OVER WHEELS AND TIRES: APPEARED NORMAL WITH NO BUMPS OR EXCESSIVE HEAT. PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR WHEN I RESUMED DRIVING. COMMENTS: IVE HAD AN ONGOING COMPLAINT SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT A VIBRATION IN THE RANGE 60 TO 75MPH. THE VIBRATION FEELS LIKE A WHEEL BALANCE PROBLEM DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT RE-BALANCING. THE APPEARANCE OF THE THRUMMING SOUND AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE VIBRATION RESEMBLES A REINFORCING RESONANCE DEVELOPING FROM THE BASIC VIBRATION.

REFLECTION FROM DASHBOARD ONTO WINDSHIELD CAUSES IMAGE THAT IMPAIRS VISION DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. *AK

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, 2 OCCURRENCES. CONDITIONS AT LATEST OCCURRENCE: DRY PAVEMENT, AIR CONDITIONER ON, STEADY 65MPH, TWO PEOPLE IN CAR. SYMPTOMS: NOTICED HUMMING SOUND THAT GOT LOUDER AND TRANSITIONED INTO SIGNIFICANT RAPID VIBRATION OF ENTIRE CAR. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED (NOT OSCILLATED) 1/32 TO 1/16 INCH. TRIED ACCELERATING, VERY SLUGGISH RESPONSE AND WHEN CAR DOWNSHIFTED VIBRATION DID NOT CHANGE. APPLIED BRAKES AND EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED VIBRATION ESPECIALLY IN FRONT END AND PEDAL. VIBRATION WAS NOT PULSATING LIKE ANTILOCK BRAKES BUT RATHER LIKE WHEELS OSCILLATING. STOPPED AND INSPECTED WHEELS AND TIRES-APPEARED NORMAL. PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR WHEN I RESUMED DRIVING. DEALER CHECKED CAR AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.*AK

RESIDENCE SHOWN IS IN NY WHERE I AM CURRENTLY LOCATED AND CAN BE CONTACTED.; I AM FLORIDA HOMEOWNER AT 6366 PEBBLE CREEK WAY,,BOYNTON BEACH,FL 33437 DURING WINTER MONTHS. CAR COLOR IS METALLIC MOONDUST WITH INTERIOR COLOR "SAND". REFLECTIVE GLARE ON WINDHIELD FROM DASH IS CRITICAL SAFETY HAZARD. DRIVING IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT OR DAPPLED SHADE/SUN IS IMPOSSIBLE. HAVE HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO 5 MPH ON INTERSTATE, OR EVEN STOP AT TIMES, BECAUSE OF TOTAL INABILITY TO SEE. MFR REPRESENTATIVE PAT SACUS AT EXEC OFFICES (1 2017674737 EXT 1976) ROCKLEIGH,NJ INDICATES THEY CAN,AND WILL, DO NOTHING DESPITE ACKNOWLEDGING THE POSSIBLE SERIOUS SAFETY IMPICATIONS. IN TWENTY OR MORE CARS I HAVE OWNED, HAVE NEVER HAD SUCH A SEVERE SAFETY CONCERN IN NEED OF CORRECTION. SUN GLASSES DO NOT HELP, NOR DOES PLACING A PIECE OF DARK CLOTH ON DASHBOARD. ACCORDING TO MS SACUS, ALL PREVIOUS VOLVOS HAD BLACK(ONLY) DASH BOARDS, BUT COLORS WERE INSTALLED IN RESPONSE TO CONSUMER DESIRES. PRESUMABLY, THE PROBL;EM EXISTS ONLY WITH THE LIGHTER COLORS, BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT AWAITS. SIMILARLY, AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY HAZARD EXISTS ON THE DASH BOARD AND INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DARK BACKGROUND AND L.E.D. LIGHTING IS ALMOST INVISIBLE DURING DAYLIGHT (ALTHOUGH FINE AT NIGHT). IN ORDER TO READ ITEMS ON DASH SUCH AS RADIO STATION IN TUNE OR , MESSAGE BOARD, EYES MUST BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD AND ONE MUST ACTUALLY BEND DOWN TO LOOK AT THE PANEL CLOSELY IN ORDER TO SEE WHEN IN BRIGHT LIGHT. A HAZARD INDEED, BUT ONE I HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH....I JUST DO NOT TRY TO READ RADIO STATION INFO. I URGE TESTING OF THIS AUTO (IN THE COLOR AND DASH COLOR SPECIFIED)WHILE DRIVING INTO BRIGHT SUNLIGHT. HOWEVER, I URGE YOUR TESTER TO DRIVE SLOWLY!! ALSO, PLEASE TEST IN DAPPLED BRIGHT SUN/SHADE; OR DRIVE FROM SUNLIGHT INTO A DARKENED GARAGE. ONE IS ALMOST TOTALLY BLIND. VOLVO HAS SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT WITH A QUALITY AUTOMOBILE THAT IS VIRTUALLY UNDRIVEABLE IN DAYLIGHT SUNSHINE.*AK

HEAD RESTRAINT IN FRONT SEATS ARE NOT REMOVABLE AND ARE MUCH TOO HIGH BLOCKING THE DRIVER FROM LOOKING AT HIS LEFT BLIND SPOT, I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND WARRANATS A RECALL FOR NEW HEAD RESTRAINTS TO BE FITTED THAT ARE ABLE TO GO UP OR DOWN OR SMALLER ONES TO BE FITTED.

STEERING WHEEL IS NOT SOLID. WHEN INITIALLY ACCELERATING THE WHEEL GIVES A VERY SCARY RECOIL. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP TWICE, WITH ONLY 2200 MILES. THE DEALER FORCED ME TO WAIT 1.5 WEEKS TO HAVE THE SITUATION REPAIRED - I AM WORRIED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL MALFUNCTION CAUSING ME AND MY FAMILY BODILY HARM. *AK