VOLVO Complaints

RIGHT FRONT POWER WINDOW INOPERABLE FROM EITHER SIDE SWITCH CONTROL. POWER DOOR LOCKS DO NOT RESPOND TO REMOTE. AMBIENT TEMPRARTURE READOUT INOPERABLE. DEALER CLAIMED TO HAVE UPGRADE COMPONENT SOFTWARE. POSITION BULB OUTAGE ERROR TEXT: REPLACED RIGHT REAR POSITION BULB. *NM

POWER OUTLETS ARE INOPERABLE AGAIN. BRAKE LAMPS OUTAGE AGAIN. REPLACE FUSE AND BULBS. *NM

POWER OUTLETS INOPERABLE. DEALER SERVICE REPLACED FUSE (20 AMP BLADE YELLOW). *NM

ERROR TEXT LAMPS OUTAGES: 2 BRAKE LAMP BULBS, 2 TAG LAMP BULBS AND A RIGHT REAR POSITION BULB REPLACED. *NM

EMISSION SERVICE ERROR TEXT APPEARED INTERMITTENTLY AFTER ONLY TWO MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. SERVICE AT DEALER RESET THE MODULE. LESS THAN A MONTH LATER SAME MESSAGE APPEARED WITH ENGINE KNOCK. DEALER REPLACED KNOCK SENSOR TWICE BUT TO NO AVAIL...THEN REPLACE THE ENGINE ON THIS CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE. *NM

REAR LIFT GATE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS HAS WIRES SEVERED DUE TO THE LIFTGATE HINGE. THIS PROBLEM RESULTED IN A FAILURE OF THE CENTER REAR MOUNTED BRAKE LIGHT, A WARNING INDICATOR THAT THE REAR GATE IS AJAR, AND FAILURE OF THE REAR DEFROSTER. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC INDICATED THAT VEHICLE HINGE CUT THE WIRING HARNESS AND THAT THE ROUTING OF THE WIRING HARNESS AND DESIGN WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND ABOVE, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO REPLACED BATTERY CABLES AND THE CONTROL MODULE. THE CONSUMER STATED SOMETIMES IT WOULD TAKE ANYWHERE FRO 30 SECONDS TO 2 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION AFTER STALLING. UPDATED 12/01/06. *JB

1993 VOLVO 850GLT ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. NEWSPAPER AD SAID 1999 THROUGH 2001, C70,S60,S80,V70 & V70XC. THE 850 WAS NEVER MENTIONED. HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE 1998 & IT HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. REAL SCARY, CAN IT BE FIXED? *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 68 MPH ON A DRY 4 LANE HIGHWAY, THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES TO THE LEFT, AND THERE WAS NO REACTION FROM THE STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ABLE TO BE TURNED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AT ALL. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER TRUCK, AND CROSSED INTO A GRASS MEDIAN WHICH STOPPED THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TIE ROD DRAG LINKS HAD DETACHED FROM THE BALL JOINT. THE BOLT REMAINED INTACT, BUT THE PRESSURE BUSHING SEPARATED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON RAINY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL DASH BOARD INFORMATION DISAPPEARED AS WELL. NO WARNING SIGNALS ALERTED THE CONTACT PRIOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE USED TO STOP IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POWER BRAKE ACTION EITHER. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED ONLY THE HORN AND THE EMERGENCY FLASHER LIGHTS STILL WORKED. THE DEALERSHIP TOWED THE VEHICLE, WHO REMOVED THE ELECTRONIC MODULE, HOWEVER NO RESOLUTION HAD BEEN DETERMINED YET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED BUT HAD NOT COMMUNICATED ANY RESOLUTION EITHER. THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 11/09/06. *JB