VOLVO Complaints

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 150 MILES ROUNDTRIP. ON WAY BACK, ONE MILE FROM FINAL DESTINATION WHILE IN LEFT TURN LANE WAITING FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC SO LEFT TURN COULD BE COMPLETED, THE AUTO START/STOPPED CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUT OFF AS THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. WHEN BRAKE WAS RELEASED CAR FAILED TO TURN BACK ON LEAVING CAR STRANDED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAR UNSUCCESSFULLY. ALSO, CAR INSTRUCTED DRIVER TO PRESS "START BUTTON" UNTIL IT STARTED. HOWEVER, WHILE START BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS/HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF AND HAVE TO BE MANUALLY REENGAGED, MAKING IT DOUBLY UNSAFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLVO S60. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SRS AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED TEN MONTHS AGO. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,077. UPDATED 08/10/16*LJ *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 VOLVO S70. THE CONTACT COULD NOT OPEN THE DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR ACTUATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

MOLD, MILDEW AND BACTERIA GROWING IN VENTILATION SYSTEM. INITIALLY NOTICED BECAUSE OF VERY BAD ODOR COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. A DESIGN FLAW IN AIR CONDITIONING/VENTILATION SYSTEM. CONDENSER DOES NOT DRAIN PROPERLY, CAUSING IT TO CLOG AND MOLD/MILDEW AND BACTERIA GROW IN THE SYSTEM. VOLVO'S SOLUTION IS JUST CHANGE THE FILTERS MORE FREQUENTLY TO SPRAY CHEMICALS IN THE SYSTEM RATHER THAN FIX THE PROBLEM. A CHECK ONLINE SHOWS THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER VOLVO OWNERS AFFECTED BY THE PROBLEM. CONDENSER SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED PROPERLY SO THAT IT DRAINS AND THAT MOLD AND BACTERIA DO NOT GROW IN THE SYSTEM. INHALATION OF MOLD AND BACTERIA HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CAUSE LUNG DISEASE, AND AGGRAVATES CONDITIONS LIKE ASTHMA. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM ADDRESSED. THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE PART. I ALSO CONTACTED VOLVO CORPORATE OFFICES AND THEY REFUSED TO INTERVENE. THEY ALSO REFUSED TO PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THEIR DISTRICT MANAGER.

FIRST THE RADIATOR OVER FLOW IS PLASTIC N CORRODED LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID SECOND THE CENTER COUNSEL GOES BAD WHERE YOU CAN NOT CONTROL THE AIR NOR HEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IT GETS SO HOT IT BURNS YOUR FEET MAKING IT VERY UNBEARABLE, THE AIR STOPS WORKING ON DRIVERS SIDE

DRIVERS DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND NOT WHILE IT WAS IN MOTION. THE DOOR HAD TO BE TIED SHUT TO DRIVE IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER FOUND THE LATCH WAS WORN AND NEEDED REPLACED. THE CAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND HAS 80,000 HIGHWAY MILES ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 VOLVO XC70. WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE LENS COVER ON THE HEADLAMPS WAS FAULTY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE ROAD CLEARLY BECAUSE THE LENS COVER WAS BLURRY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEADLAMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. THE CONSUMER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS T CLEAR THE SURFACE OF THE DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHT LENSES BY GOING TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP WHO ATTEMPTED TO BUFF OUT THE DEFECTS WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE CONSUMER THEN TRIED RAIN-X WITH NO SUCCESS. HE FINALLY TRIED A COMPOUNDING ROUGH, ALSO WITH NO SUCCESS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE LENSES ALONE COULD NOT BE REPLACED. THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1200. UPDATED 06/13/16.*JB...UPDATED 06/30/16 *BF UPDATED 07/14/16.*JB

MY 2012 VOLVO S60 IS USING ONE QUART OF OIL FOR EVERY 900-1000 MILES. THIS IS TOO MUCH. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE PISTON RINGS THAT ARE BAD.

ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS WHENEVER I EXCEL MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, IT STALLS OR HESITATE. IT HAS DONE THIS ALSO WHILE INCREASING SPEED ON HIGHWAY. THE CAR WAS ALWAYS IN MOTION AND HAS HAPPENED ON DIFFERENT DAYS. MOST RECENTLY TODAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 VOLVO VNL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CAB WOULD SWAY BACK AND FORTH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LEAN TO THE SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAB BUSHINGS WERE AND CAB NEEDED TO BE LEVELED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.