VOLVO Complaints

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS IS NOT THE COMPLAINT SHE FILED HER COMPLAINT WAS ABOUT HER GAS TANK DOOR COMING OFF. *AK *TC *SC

THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION FAN REMAINED LIT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED. *BF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE FOUND NOTING WRONG. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED STEERING WAS VERY LOOSE AT TIMES. DEALER STATED FRONT RIGHT TIE ROD WORE OUT COMPLETELY. *AK *NM

MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR ON MY 2000 VOLVO S-80 FAILED AS I WAS ABOUT TO PASS ANOTHER CAR. ABORTED PASSING ATTEMPT AND WENT BACK BEHIND OTHER CAR. THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME MAF FAILED AND THEREFORE I HAD THIS ONE REPLACED, YET AGAIN. ONCE STOPPED CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE; AGAIN: THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED. I AM ON MY THIRD MAF.*AK

AT CERTAIN TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THEY DON'T HOLD AND VEHICLE KEEPS MOVING.*AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 2-3 TIMES BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE VEHICLE'S SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *NM

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH. DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRE WAS ALSO DEFECTIVE, IT HAD A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL.*AK

BOUGHT VOLVO S60 AWD FROM VOLVO OF DANBURY JULY 2004. SEPTEMBER 1, 2004 NOTICED A BUBLE ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. ON 10/25/2004 MY WIFE HAD A BLOW OUT ON I84 ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WHILE DRIVING ON A NEWLY PAVED HIGHWAY ROAD. NEARLY INJURING HERSELF AND CARS AROUND HER ON THE 3 LANE HIGHWAY SHE BARELY MADE IT OVER TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. THE ENTIRE WALL OF THE TIRE WAS SEPERATE FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE ALL THE WAY AROUND. THE TIRE IS A PIRELLI P6 FOURSEASONS TIRE. P235/45 R17. ONCE THE DOUGHNUT TIRE WAS PUT ON I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE NEAREST VOLVO DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS BOUGHT, AND THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TIRE BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR BOTH TIRES AT A COST OVER 300 IN TOTAL. I STATED THAT THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW AND ONLY HAD 8K MILES, AND THEY SAID I WOULD NEED TO CONTACT PIRELLI. I CALLED PIRELLI AND THEY SAID I WOULD NEED TO CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. I CALLED THE AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD REPORT BECAUSE ALL WAS DUE TO ROAD HAZARDS. MY WIFE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING, THEREFORE THESE TIRES ARE NOT MADE FOR DRINVING ON NORMAL ROADS ESPECIALLY WITH ONLY 8K MILES ON THE TIRES. I PUT A COMPLAINT INTO VOLVO CORPORTATE AND THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED MY CALL. MY CONCERN IS FOR MY WIFES SAFETY AND THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF REPLACING NEW TIRES ESPECIALLY IN A CAR THAT IS KNOWN FOR SAFETY, AND FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE PAID FOR THE CAR. NO ONE IS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLVO KEEPS PUTTING THESE TIRES ON THEIR CARS THAT ARE GOING TO CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO EITHER MY WIFE AND OR THE CARS THAT ARE DRIVING NEXT TO HER.*AK

1. DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY CAUSED ENGINE TO SHUT-OFF ON FREEWAY. 2. ENGINE DIED. HAD TO "LIMP" BACK INTO DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT. 3. NEW PART INSTALLED. OLD PART AVAILABLE. IF MANUFACTURER HAS A "DEALER ONLY" REPAIR POLICY, THEN THERE SHOULD BE NOTICE GIVEN TO PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS THAT VEHICLE CAN ONLY BE REPAIRED AT DEALER. NOTICE SHOULD BE IN FORM OF WARNING DECAL IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT OR SOME OTHER CONSPICUOUS PLACE. "DEALER ONLY" REPAIR POLICY SHOULD BE DISCOURAGE BECAUSE OF LENGTHY TOWING WHEN VEHICLES BREAKDOWN OUTSIDE MAJOR CITIES, I.E. THE WEST. CUSTOMER SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO LEARN AFTER A BREAKDOWN THAT THE VEHICLE MUST BE TOWED HUNDREDS OF MILES TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS. CURRENTLY SUCH VEHICLES MUST BE TOWED PAST LARGE TOWNS/SMALL CITIES BACK TO A MAJOR URBAN AREA TO A DEALER THAT CAN FIX THE VEHICLE. MFR. SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONSPICIOUSLY DISCLOSE SUCH A REQUIREMENT. THIS INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY CONCEALED BY MFR. BY OMISSION. REQUIRING CONSPICOUS DISCLOSURE WOULD ENCOURAGE MFR. TO DESIGN, MFR. AND SELL VEHICLES THAT CAN BE FIXED WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE OF WHERE THEY BREAK DOWN.

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO SLIP, ENGINE REVS INCREASE AND VEHICLE LOOSES MOMENTUM. DEALER HAS WORKED ON THE CAR THREE TIMES. THE LAST REPAIR LASTED SEVERAL MONTHS BUT PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED

AT 70MPH MY CAR SAID REDUCED PERFORMANCE, AND WITHIN 30 SEC. MY CRUISE CONTROL FAILED, THE CAR REDUCED TO 5MPH, AND THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. I WAS IN 5 LANES OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC DOING 70-80MPH. AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER SKIDDED APPROX. 50 FEET IN ORDER TO AVOID HITTING ME. HE THEN HAD TO BLOCK OFF TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO ASSIST ME TO THE SHOULDER. MY CAR WOULD ONLY COAST. IT WAS A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE FOR ME. I'M THANKFUL MY CHILDREN WERE NOT WITH ME. AFTER BEING TURNED OFF OVER NIGHT, MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT TO THE VOLVO DEALERSHIP. HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO A COMPUTER CHIP MALFUNCTION. A CHIP WHICH CONTROLS THE THROTTLE, FUEL-INJECTION, AND CRUISE CONTROL. WOW! THE SERVICE REP. "WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYMORE PROBLEMS AFTER REPLACING THE CHIP". WE ASKED WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THE REP. SAID "THERE HAVE TO BE SO MANY ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES REPORTED, BEFORE THEY WILL RECALL IT". THIS HAS LEFT ME VERY DISTURBED, AND RELUCTANT TO EVER DRIVE A VOLVO AGAIN. I FEEL SURE IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR MY QUICK USE OF THE HAZARD LIGHTS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. THE TRUCK DRIVER ALSO CONCURRED. I DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. THEY MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY.