VOLVO Complaints

I BELIEVE IT'S THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. I'VE HAD THE PART REPLACED AND YET THE CAR STILL RUNS POORLY. IT STALLS, LOOSES SPEED, AND QUITS RUNNING ALL TOGETHER. IT IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 VOLVO S80 WITH LESS THAN 40K MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT. OUT OF WARRANTY... SO I'M OUT $1,500 FOR REPAIRS! THE LOCAL VOLVO DEALER WANTED $4,000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. *NM

AN UPDATE TO ODI #10068267 REGARDING RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILURE. THIS FAILURE ORIGINALLY OCCURRED AT 22K MILES. ANOTHER FAILURE OCCURRED IN MAY 2006 (SAME WHEEL) AT 52K MILES. I REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR WHICH WAS OVER $250. EVENTUALLY NEGOTIATED PAYING 50% OF THE LABOR AT DEALER COST (ABOUT $60) WITH VOLVO PICKING UP THE COST OF THE PART. WAS TOLD LATER BY A DIFFERENT DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT 'WHEEL BEARING FAILURES ARE FREQUENT ON THE XC90' AND THAT 'THE PART IS NOT ROBUST ENOUGH FOR THE SIZE OF THE VEHICLE'.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE CRANKED BUT WOULD NOT START. UPON INSPECTION, THE FUSE TO THE FUEL PUMP WAS OBSERVED TO BE BLOWN. THE FUSE WAS CHANGED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. LATER, WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND LOSE POWER. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER, AN ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING APPEARED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE BOTTOM OF THE FUEL TANK WAS SMOLDERING, AND THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC SHOP. THE MECHANIC SHOP DETERMINED THE FUEL PUMP SHORT-CIRCUITED.

SEVEN LIGHT BULB FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. FOUR HEADLIGHTS ( TWO LEFT AND TWO RIGHT) AND 3 REAR LIGHTS. I HAVE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE WITH THIS MANY LIGHTING PROBLEMS. *NM

INITIALLY LACK OF ACCELERATION AND SPUTTERING ON ACCELERATION, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND EMISSION SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGE. CODES RESET. THEN PROBLEM RECURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH LATER. DEALER PROVIDED ETM SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD. APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AFTER DOWNLOAD, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, WEAK ACCELERATION, HESITATION OR SLIPPING ON SHIFTING. *NM

MY 2000 VOLVO S80 2.9 VEHICLE STARTED SURGING THEN HESITATING, BACK & FORTH, AT ALL SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH INTERSTATE SPEEDS WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AND OFF. WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ON, AFTER ABOUT 5-10 MILES, CRUISE CONTROL TURNS ITSELF OFF & CAR SUDDENLY STARTS DECELERATING. AFTER ABOUT 1 WEEK OF THIS, ON 6/30/06 PERFORMANCE REDUCED MESSAGE APPEARED. ON 6-24-06 ENGINE SERVICE REQUIRED MESSAGE APPEARED FOR A SHORT TIME. AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING MOTOR OFF FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO READ OWNER'S MANUAL, STARTED MOTOR AGAIN & MESSAGE HAS NOT REAPPEARED. WHEN CRUISE TURNS ITSELF OFF, YOU CANNOT TURN CRUISE BACK ON UNTIL MOTOR IS STOPPED & RESTARTED, THEN YOU CAN TURN CRUISE CONTROL BACK ON FOR ABOUT 5-10 MILES THEN IT WILL GO BACK OFF. SURGING AND HESITATION CONTINUES WITH STEADY PRESSURE ON ACCELERATOR (TRYING TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT SPEED) AND CRUISE CONTROL OFF. *JB

MY 2004 XC90 AWD BEGAN EXPERIENCING ODD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THIS SPRING AT ABOUT 45000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING AT CRUISING SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING EXPERIENCE A HARD JERK FOLLOWED BY ACTIVATION OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND LOSS OF POWER TO THE RADIO. FIRST TIME, THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT DOWNLOADED ELECTRICAL SOFTWARE UPDATES. SAME THING SECOND TIME AND BACK TO DEALER, AGAIN COULD NOT REPLICATE, AND THEY DOWNLOADED TRANSMISSION UPDATES FOCUSING MORE ON THE JERKING ISSUE. THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED, I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALER SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING. ON THE WAY THERE, I HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER: NO POWER TO SPEEDOMETER, TO GAS GAUGE, TO WINDOWS, TO AIR CONDITIONING, RADIO, ETC. ALSO HAD LESS THAN FULL POWER TO DRIVE WITH. THE DEALER AGAIN DOWNLOADED ELECTRICAL SOFTWARE UPDATES AND GAVE ME THE VEHICLE BACK. SAME PROBLEM FOR 4TH TIME THIS FRIDAY AND THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE PUT NEW COMPUTER INTO CAR. FORTUNATELY THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY DEATHS OR CRASHES, BUT THIS DEFECT CAUSES A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS AND REVERSE LIGHTS HAVE FAILED ON 30 SEPERATE OCCASSIONS. THE BULB LIGHT FAILURE INDICATOR HAS WORKED IN EACH CASE. THE DEALER AGREED THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT HAD NO SOLUTION.

CAR WAS GETTING POOR GAS MILEAGE. FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION MARCH 27, 2006. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AT ALL AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. I HAD TO PURCHASE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AT A TOTAL COST OF $4004.04. THIS REPRESENTS 20% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE NOT INCLUDING THE ADDITIONAL EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE CAR WAS "CHECKED OUT" AT 82,000 MILES WITH NO APPARENT ISSUES. THIS WAS THE ENDING MILEAGE FORTHE EXTENDING WARRANTY. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 89,330 MILES. *JB