2006 VOLVO V50 Complaints

THE V50 T5 BEGAN TO SHAKE AND TREMBLE WHEN STARTED AND PLACED IN REVERSE. DRIVER THOUGHT THE CAR HAD A FLAT TIRE. INSPECTED VEHICLE AND SHUT CAR DOWN. TURNED ENGINE BACK ON AND PUT IN REVERSE. LIMITED POWER WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. NO TURBO POWER. PEDAL PLACED TO FLOOR AND LITTLE TO NO SPEED. VEHICLE TREMBLED AND HAD LIMITED ACCELERATION WHILE BEING DRIVEN. THIRD TIME OF TURNING VEHICLE ON, THE VEHICLE MOVED ABOUT 100-200 FEET AND STALLED. VEHICLE TOWED TO FAIRFAX VOLVO AT 11050 FAIRFAX BLVD. FAIRFAX VOLVO FOUND "SEVERAL MISFIRE FAULT CODES. CLEARED CODES. UPGRADE ECM WITH NEW SOFTWARE." AS WRITTEN ON SERVICE INVOICE. THE SAME VEHICLE HAD THE SAME TREMBLING AND SHAKING WHILE BACKING OUT ON 01/04/2007. *JB

ON DECEMBER 3, 2005, THE CAR (A VOLVO V50 2006 WITH APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES) WAS BEING DRIVEN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF WASHINGTON DC. THE CAR WAS STOPPED FOR A LIGHT, AND THEN, UPON ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE WHEELS IN ANY GEAR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (MARTEN'S VOLVO, BETHESDA, MD). THE DEALERS REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED THE OWNER LATER THAT EVENING THAT A LINKAGE BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE AXLE OF THE CAR HAD "SHEARED OFF" FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE DEALER SAYS IT HAS FIXED THE CAR, BUT DID NOT EXPLAIN HOW. IT IS CLEAR THAT IF THE INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC, THAT THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT UPON THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER THAT THE CAR COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH. *JB