VOLVO Complaints

MANUFACTURING DEFECT, POOR TO ZERO RECEPTION ON AM RADIO. THE PROBLEM EXISTED SINCE THE BEGINNING PURCHASED CAR NEW FROM DEALER. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR AT NO COST. *BF *SC

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT TO NORMAL ITS POSITION WHICH MADE THE SEAT BELT LOOSE. *JB

IGNITION LOCKED UP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND THE IGNITION WAS REPLACED. *AK *TC

THERE WAS AN AIR LEAK IN THE BRAKES.. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED. ONE COULD HEAR THE AIR LEAKING FROM THE BRAKES.*AK AIR PRESSURE LOSS . *TC

WHILE PULLING ONTO AN EXIT RAMP AT 45 MPH THERE WAS AN OVERHEATING SMELL IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE, FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE STALLING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP FROM THE EXIT RAMP THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE ENGINE SEVERELY OVERHEATED, THE EXPANSION TANK AND ENGINE COVER MELTED, AND THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING AT THE SIDE TANK. RADIATOR LOOKED LIKE IT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THIS FAILURE WAS RELATED TO COOLING FAN RECALL 04V451000, BUT THE VIN IS NOT INCLUDED.*AK...........*AK

THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE IS DEFECTIVE. DRIVER LOSES ENGINE CONTROL WITH OUT WARNING. CAR USUALLY LIMPS HOME AT LESS THAN 20 MPH. PROBLEM CORRECTS IT'S SELF AFTER SITTING THEN THE EPISODE REPEATS WITH OUT WARNING. IT APPEARS THIS DEFECT MAY POTENTIALLY AFFECT ALL VOLVOS WITH THIS MODULE. DEALER ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY. *JB

THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT EH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION PRIOR TO HER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED TRANSMISSION, POWER STEERING LEAK, OIL LEAK AND TWO DEPLOYED AIR BAGS. *JB *NM

ETS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND CAR REFUSES TO ACCELERATE AND IDLES ROUGH. THIS CAN OCCUR AT START UP AND THEN WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND/OR ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THIS GENERATION OF VOLVO.*AK

THIS CAR WAS STUCK IN PARK. WE COULD NOT SHIFT THE CAR OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE. WE WERE STUCK IN A LINE OF TRAFFIC AND IT WAS A DANGEROUS INCIDENT. WE REPEATEDLY CORRECTLY DEPRESSED THE BUTTON ON THE GEAR SELECTOR KNOB AND AND AT THE SAME TIME DEPRESSSED THE BRAKE PEDAL ( WE HAVE DONE THIS THOUSANDS OF TIMES ON THIS VEHICLE FROM 2001 TO PRESENT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS) . IT TOOK OVER 15 MINUTES OF TURNING OFF THE ENIGINE AND RESTARTING IT, TURNING THE STEERING BACK AND FORTH TO FINALLY GET IT OUT OF PARK INTO DRIVE. WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK SAFETY FEATURE. THIS INCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION AND NOT OPERATOR ERROR. MY WIFE AND I EACH STRUGGLED TO FINALLY GET IT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THIS IS A REAL EQUIPMENT PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND CORRECTED. MY WIFE AND I BOTH DRIVE VOLVOS AND ARE EXPERIENCED VOLVO DRIVERS. ANY SUGGESTION OF OPERATOR ERROR IS FRIVOLOUS DEFENSE.*AK

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE AS SHE MADE RIGHT AND LEFT HAND TURNS. WHEN SHE GOT HOME I CHECKED THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR AND FOUND THAT IT WAS EMPTY. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THIS HAPPENING, THERE WAS NO FLUID ON THE FLOOR OF THE GARAGE. I IMMEDIATELY PURCHASED POWER STEERING FLUID AND FILLED THE RESERVOIR. THE NEXT DAY THE FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH FLUID. I CONTACTED MY FORMER VOLVO DEALER AND ASKED IF THEY COULD LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP THAT SPECIALIZES IN IMPORT CARS. THEY IDENTIFED THE PROBLEM AS THE RACK & PINION AND SAID NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR AS IT WAS UNSAFE. I AUTHORIZED THEM TO BEGIN THE REPAIR PROCESS AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT $1000.00 DOLLARS. WHEN CONTACTING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF VOLVO NORTH AMERICA I WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT IN WARRENTY. THE VEHICLE HAS 16,532 MILES AND HAS BEEN GARAGED KEPT AND MAINTAINED BY THE PREVIOUS VOLVO DEALER WHERE THE VECHICLE WAS PURCHASED. I HARDLY THINK THAT ANY VEHICLE WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE RACK & PINION STEERING REPLACED. I AM VERY DISAPOINTED WITH THE APPROACH THAT VOLVO HAS TAKEN TO ASSIST WITH THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE SEEN WHERE OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHEN YOU PAY $42,000 DOLLARS FOR A CAR, YOU CERTAINLY EXPECT THAT IT WILL NOT REQUIRE COSTLY MAINTENANCE SUCH AS THIS WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE.*AK