VOLVO Complaints

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH ON OPEN HIGHWAY, DRIVER SIDE FONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND TIRE DESINTEGRATED CAUSING VEHICLE TO TURN LEFT ALMOST RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. TIRE TYPE BF GOODRICH COMP T/A, 225/45ZR-17. TIRE CAME APART COMPLETELY. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE GOOD SURFACE, EVEN PAVEMENT, AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 46 DEGREES, DRY SURFACE AND CALM WINDS.

CONSUMER STATED THE WINDSHILED BLADES WERE REPLACED, THE GASOLINE TANK WAS LEAKING, AND THE HOOD LATCHES WERE ADJUSTED.*JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEM WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON THE DASH BOARD. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DASH BOARD LOSES POWER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. TS

WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, SMOKE/STEAM WAS NOTICED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS PULLED INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE HOOD WAS OPENED. THE ELECTRIC COOLING FAN WAS SMOKING AND HAD STOPPED RUNNING. WHILE EXAMINING THE FAN, THE RADIATOR RUPTURED SPRAYING COOLANT, CAUSING SECOND DEGREE BURNS. AS THE COOLING SYSTEM HAS NO PRESSURE RELEASE MECHANISM, THE WEAKEST POINT IN THE SYSTEM WAS CAUSED TO FAIL. AN ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER FOR VOLVO MENTIONED THAT IT IS COMMON FOR THE RADIATOR NECK TO RUPTURE WITH AGE AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS TORQUE APPLIED AT THIS POINT BY THE RADIATOR HOSE. TS

NAR 1/15/2003. THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED 185.61 FOR A POSSIBLE DEFECT OF THE THROTTLE BODY. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EXHIBITING ANY SYMPTOMS SO THE CLAIM WAS DENIED, HOWEVER THERE CONSUMER LOCATED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WHICH STATED HOW CLAIMS COULD BE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *JB

UNPREDICTABLE EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE ON VOLVO MODELS V40 AND V70. VOLVO HAS A TSB THAT REMEDIES THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM (SHOULD BE A RECALL!!!)

MY VEHICLE IS A 1997 VOLVO 850R, I'M THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE VOLVO IS A SOILD CAR BUT THE 850 SERIES HAVE A DEFECT WITH THE ABS/TRACS MODULE, THIS SETS A CODE ON YOUR OBDII AND IT CLEARS WHEN YOU RESTART THE CAR. THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THAT IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE CONTROL MODULE SEES A FAULT AND DEACTIVATES THE ABS/TRACS CONTROL MODULE AND YOU NO LONGER HAVE AN ABS ON THE VEHICLE AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS IF IT'S RAINING, SNOWING OR A SUDDEN STOP ON THE FREEWAY. THE WHEELS WILL LOCK GIVING YOU A GREATER CHANCE TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SO FAR I'VE BEEN LUCKY, I SPOKE TO THE VOLVO DEALER DIRECTLY TO SEE IF THEY CAN CHANGE THIS UNIT UNDER THE VOLVO VIP WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED AND THE NEW UNIT COST AROUND $600.00 WITHOUT LABOR. I FEEL THAT VOLVO SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN CHANGING THIS ABS/TRACS CONTROL MODULE, LOT'S OF VOLVO 850'S AND S70 OWNERS HAVE CHANGED THIS PART WITH VEHICLES IN THE 40,000 TO 60,000 MILE RANGE. THE CAUSE IT'S A HAIR LINE FRACTURE ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD THAT SETS THE FAULT, TOO ME THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND BAD QA CONTROL. I HOPE THAT THIS COMPLANIT WILL NOT JUST GET PUSHED ASIDE AND HOLD VOLVO LIABLE FOR THIS SINCE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. THE REASON WHY I BOUGHT A VOLVO IS BEACUSE SAFETY IS THEIR #1 PRODUCT.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN MY 2000 VOLVO S70 IN WHICH THE CAR WAS TOTALED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DID DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH, I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME DURING THE ACCIDENT.

ABS MODULE FAILURE LOOKING AT A FEW VOLVO ON LINE BOARDS THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN ISOLATED CASE SO MUCH FOR THE "SAFTY" CAR COMPANY. DT