VOLVO Complaints

THIS CAR HAS DEVELOPED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHERE THE DASH LIGHTS START FLICKERING ON AND OFF DISPLAYING VARIOUS FAILURES ON THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY, LIKE IMMOBILIZER FAILURE AND CRASH MODE AND VARIOUS OTHER WARNINGS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE RADIO CUTS OUT AND AN AUDIBLE "CLICKING" IS HEARD UNDERNEATH THE DASH BOARD. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED OUT COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION AND I HAVE HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP, OTHER TIMES IT SIMPLY WON'T CLICK OR TURN OVER AT ALL. I FEAR AN INCIDENT WHERE THE STEERING COLUMN WILL LOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE DIES, AS THE STEERING COLUMN IS UNLOCKED BY THE IMMOBILIZER KEY FOB TO INITIALLY START THE CAR. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR I FEAR THIS COULD CREATE AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AND OTHERS MOTORISTS OR PEDESTRIANS. I HAVE JUST HAD TWO NEW REMOTES PROGRAMMED TO THE VEHICLE AND THIS PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED AT WEISS BRENTWOOD VOLVO IN ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR ONE WEEK PRIOR TO TAKING THIS CAR TO WEISS VOLVO WITHOUT ISSUE AND THIS PROBLEM ONLY AROSE SINCE THIS SERVICE WAS PERFORMED AT WEISS VOLVO. THE PREVIOUS OWNER TOLD ME THIS PROBLEM DID NOT EXIST PRIOR TO THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR .... UPDATED 08/05/14 *BF

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH WHEN HAVING TO MAKE A QUICK BRAKING STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD AND THE BRAKES EVENTUALLY STOPPED THE VEHICLE BUT, SEEMED TO BE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FROM ABS. ALSO, AFTER THE VEH IS IN CRUISE CONTROL AND STEPPING ON THE BRAKE TO TAKE OUT OF CRUISE THE PEDAL IS HARD. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED VEHICLE THE OLD OWNER SAID THERE WAS A RECALL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. I CONTACTED THE VOLVO DEALER HE RAN VIN BUT NO RECALL FOR THIS CAR. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE RAN A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH READ FUEL SENSOR. THE RECALL I SAW FOR THIS YEAR CAR IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE ISSUED. COULD MY CAR HAVE BEEN MISSED? NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 07V226000 RECALL DATE: 2007-06-05 SUMMARY: ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR LOCATED ON THE LEFT END OF THE FUEL RAIL MAY, AT TIMES, TRANSMIT INCORRECT SIGNAL REGARDING THE FUEL PRESSURE TO THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. IF THE SIGNAL IS OUTSIDE OF THE PRE-PROGRAMMED ALLOWABLE LIMITS, A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE MAY BE SET AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE SOLDERED JOINTS ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD OF THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR MAY CRACK DUE TO TEMPERATURE CHANGES AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATIONS. CONSEQUENCES: MISFIRE MAY OCCUR DURING DRIVING THAT, IN TURN, WILL REDUCE THE ENGINE TORQUE AND IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, THE ENGINE MAY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. IN CERTAIN TRAFFIC SITUATIONS THIS COULD CAUSE AN UNSAFE SITUATION AND POSSIBLY A CRASH. REMEDY: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 29, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLVO AT 1-800-458-1552. COMPONENT AFFECTED: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING NOTES: VOLVO CARS OF N.A., LLC *TR

THE STEERING WHEEL BEZEL DELAMINATES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND BECOMES VERY SHARP CAUSING CUTS ON HANDS. DEALER REPLACED THE BEZEL AND WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. IT APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE OF THE BEZEL. THERE SHOULD BE NO SHARP CUTTING EDGES ON THE STEERING WHEEL! *TR

BRAKE PADS ON PASSENGER SIDE/RIGHT REAR WEARING PREMATURELY OR FASTER THAN PADS ON OTHER WHEELS, OR IN RELATION TO OTHER 3 WHEELS. EITHER BRAKE CALIPERS ARE STICKING OR THERE IS A SOFTWARE OR ELECTRONIC BRAKING PROBLEM ON THE CAR. LOCAL VOLVO DEALER (ONLY ONE IN IDAHO) INDICATED THAT THE VOLVO REGIONAL REP INSTRUCTED SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO NOTIFY THEM OF EACH CASE THIS IS REPORTED BY AN OWNER - UNOFFICIAL TSB. *TR

COUNTER BALANCE SHAFT BEARING FAILURE AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF ENGINE WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A CROWDED I-95 GOING INTO NY CITY WITH TWO CHILDREN IN CAR. THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE, THAT IT'S CRIMINAL TO NOT HOLD VOLVO ACCOUNTABLE TO FIX THIS. *TR

RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE, FRACTURE HAPPENED IN THE TRANSITION FROM THE LOWEST COIL (THE ONE ALWAYS ON THE SPRING SEAT) TO THE FIRST ACTIVE COIL. ANTI-CORROSION COATING WAS MISSING IN THAT AREA, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SURFACE PITTING WAS PRESENT. PHOTOS OF FAILED SPRING ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST (BOTH IN PLACE BEFORE REMOVAL, AND CLOSEUP VIEW OF THE FRACTURE ON THE COIL THAT BROKE OFF). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 VOLVO 850. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ODOR OF GASOLINE FUEL WAS EMITTED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL HOSE WAS LEAKING. THE HOSE WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO SMELL FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND ANOTHER CRACKED HOSE WAS REPLACED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COLD SEE GASOLINE FUEL LEAKING FROM UNDER THE FUEL TANK WHENEVER REFUELING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V368000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR. HE WAS INFORMED THAT AN EXHAUST PIPE WOULD OCCASIONALLY STRIKE THE FUEL TANK, CAUSING A STRESS FRACTURE IN THE TANK. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL TANK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO STALL AND THEN THE ENGINE JUST CUT OFF. THIS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS LEAVING ME AND MY WIFE VULNERABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND IT WOULD NOT START, IT STARTED TO SMOKE AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE HAD TO BE CALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE VOLVO SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHICH TOLD ME THAT THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A FAULTY STARTER. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE WITH NO DAMAGE. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON FREE WAY, AS I WAS ACCELERATING I LOST ALL POWER AND STEERING.. THE ENGINE STALLED OUT AND I HAD TO VEER OFF TO SIDE SO THAT I WOULDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR