VOLVO Complaints

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN I DID NOTICE THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT LOCK PROPERLY (CAR DOES NOT BEEP WHEN LOCKING AS USUAL). IN ORDER FOR THE DOOR TO LOCK PROPERLY, THE DRIVER'S DOOR NEEDS TO BE CLOSED MUCH HARDER THAN USUAL, TECHNICALLY SLAMMED SHUT. IN ORDER TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE DOOR, I NEED TO EITHER USE THE MANUAL KEY OR ENTER THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR, PROPPING OPEN THE DOOR THAT WAY. THIS IS CAUSING A SAFETY/SECURITY CONCERN, AS I NEED THE VEHICLE TO BE LOCKED AT ALL TIMES.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY TONIGHT GOING ABOUT 50 MPH (WITH THE TOP UP) WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR BECAME AJAR. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CAME ON, THE WINDOW SLIGHTLY OPENED LIKE IT DOES WHEN YOU NORMALLY OPEN THE DOOR, AND A WARNING CAME ON SAYING THE DOOR WAS OPEN. IT DID NOT FULLY OPEN, BUT WAS COMPLETELY UNLATCHED, I HAD TO REACH OVER AND HOLD IT SHUT WHILE DRIVING UNTIL I FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE OTHER TIMES, TOO, THOUGH THIS WAS BY FAR THE SCARIEST AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A WRECK. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN IN ANY OTHER CARS I HAVE OWNED AND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT, AND I SEE OTHER FOLKS HAVE HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE,

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SUN ROOF LEAKAGES DURING RAIN OR SNOW. THIS MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS WHEN IT IS RAINING OR SNOWING. DEFECTS DUE TO POOR SUNROOF DESIGN AND COMPONENTS CAUSING WATER TO ENTER VEHICLE WHEN RAINING OR SNOWING. DISCUSSIONS PANELS ON LINE IDENTIFIES OTHER OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM WITH NO CONCRETE SOLUTIONS AS MOST ARE TRIALS AND ERRORS.

'THE BRAKE FLUID IS LOW STOP SAFELY' MESSAGE CAME ON AT LESS THAN 87 MILES ON THE ODOMETER WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ON MY DRIVEWAY. A VOLVO DEALER STATED THE FOLLOWING: FLUID WAS LOW NO EXTERNAL LEAK FOUND TOPPED OFF BRAKE FLUID TO FULL MARK 'THE BRAKE FLUID IS LOW STOP SAFELY' MESSAGE CAME ON AGAIN AT LESS THAN 191 MILES ON THE ODOMETER WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A LOCAL ROAD AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR SPEED.

12,000 MILES ON CAR, REAR BRAKES ARE AT 2MM, FRONT BRAKES 4MM. VOLVO DEALER DOES NOT FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND INSIST THIS IS NORMAL WEAR. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A CAR THAT HAS NEEDED BRAKES SO QUICKLY AND WITH REAR BRAKES FAILING BEFORE THE FRONTS.

IN A STATIONARY POSITION, TAILGATE DOES NOT FULLY LATCH WHEN BUTTON PRESSED TO CLOSE IT. HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH TAILGATE DOWN FOR IT TO FULLY LATCH. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE PURCHASE.

THIS CAR REALLY HAS A BAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND IT JERKS SOO BAD IT BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 VOLVO XC70. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN, WATER WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THE WINDSCREEN FAILED AND CAUSED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO BECOME UNSECURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VOLVO OF MONTEREY IN SEASIDE, CA WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDOW SEAL WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

ON 7/21/2019, MY 2014 VOLVO S60 (WITH 58,582 MILES) WOULD NOT START. THERE WERE NO ERROR LIGHTS, AND I HAD MY VEHICLE FULLY SERVICED IN APRIL 2019. I HAD ALSO DRIVEN MY CAR THE DAY BEFORE, AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES. I CALLED MY ROADSIDE SERVICE COMPANY AND HAD MY BATTERY CHECKED, BUT THE BATTERY WAS NOT THE ISSUE. I HAD TO TOW MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE FIRST REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE 'SERPENTINE BELT FAILED AND WORKED ITS WAY INTO THE TIMING COVER, CAUSING THE TIMING BELT TO BECOME MISALIGNED. THIS CONDITION CAUSED THE VALVES IN THE CYLINDER HEAD TO CONTACT THE PISTONS AND BENT THE VALVES. CAR HAS NO COMPRESSION. WILL REQUIRE CYLINDER HEAD REPLACEMENT.' THIS FACILITY INDICATED THAT I WOULD NEED THE ASSEMBLY HEAD REPLACED ($7,424.03), A/C BELT REPLACED ($57.41), ALTERNATOR BELT REPLACED ($73.81), AND SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER REPLACED ($131.09). ADDITIONALLY, BASED ON THIS SHOP'S REPORTS, MY VEHICLE'S WARRANTY COMPANY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF REPAIRS, I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A DIFFERENT SHOP FOR A SECOND OPINION. THIS SHOP STATED THAT 'ENGINE HAS NO COMPRESSION. INSPECTED CYLINDER WITH BORESCOPE. VALVE CONTACT MARKS VISIBLE ON TOP OF THE PISTONS. NEEDS INTERNAL ENGINE REPAIRS.' THE SECOND SHOP SAID SIMILAR THINGS AS THE FIRST SHOP. I DECIDED TO TOW MY CAR TO MY FATHER'S SHOP IN TEXAS, WHERE I KNEW I WOULD RECEIVE AN HONEST ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WENT WRONG. MY FATHER DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AFTER TAKING THE ENGINE APART. ONE OF THE LEVERS WAS NO LONGER SECURING THE TIMING BELT, THUS CAUSING THE TIMING BELT AND ALL THE SUBSEQUENT PARTS TO MALFUNCTION. I HAVE INDICATED THE FAILED LEVER IN THIS PICTURE. RATHER THAN REBUILDING THE ENGINE, MY FATHER INSTALLED A NEW ENGINE. HE ALSO REPLACED THE GASKETS AND TIMING KIT. AFTER HE COMPLETED THE REPAIRS, HE SHIPPED THE CAR BACK TO DC, AND IT HAS BEEN DRIVING WELL.

ON THURSDAY - DECEMBER 19, 2019 I STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. MY VEHICLE HAS AN AUTO STOP/START FEATURE, SO IT WENT INTO STANDBY MODE. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN - I PUSHED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASHBOARD AND THE CAR HAD SHUT ITSELF COMPLETELY OFF. IN ORDER TO GET MOVING - I HAD TO PUT THE GEARSHIFT INTO PARK, RESTART THE CAR AND THEN PUT THE GEARSHIFT BACK INTO DRIVE AGAIN. AT THAT POINT I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND CONTINUED ON MY WAY. I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WITH COMMON MAILBOXES, SO EACH DAY ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK I STOP AT THE MAILBOX, PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK, UNBUCKLE MY SEATBELT AND THEN OPEN THE DOOR. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE REMAINS "ON" AND OTHER TIMES IT SHUTS COMPLETELY OFF. IT OCCURS RANDOMLY. MY POINT IS - THAT PERHAPS THESE TWO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE RELATED. THE LATTER IS JUST AN ANNOYANCE, BUT THE FORMER IS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM.