VOLVO Complaints

TRAVELING UNDER 60MPH IN CENTER LANE ON DRY PAVEMENT . WENT TO MERGE INTO LEFT LANE. SAW CAR APPROACHING . WHILE GETTING BACK INTO CENTER LANE IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE- UNABLE TO STEER AS WHEEL PULLED AND LOCKED TO THE RIGHT AND CAR SIMULTANEOUSLY STARTED TO HOP ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL. BRAKES INEFFECTUAL. CRASHED INTO GUARD RAIL TURNING 180 DEGREES. NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED INSPITE HEAVY IMPACT WITH FRONT SIDE, DRIVER SIDE AND REAR OF CAR.CONCERN REGARDING UNEXPLAINED LOSS OF CONTROL .WOULD LIKE TO PREVENT FUTURE INJURY/ FATALITY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH LOST STEERING ABILITY AND ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDED AS OF YET. DEALER STATESDTHAT IT WAS A GLITCH IN COMPUTER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE YOKOHAMA TIRE ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING, RESULTING IN MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF THE TIRE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. TIRE SIZE P195/65R15. *YH

WHILE INSTALLING CAR SEAT IN THE REAR CENTER OF VEHICLE, SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME OFF THE BELT, CAUSING CENTER SEAT BELT TO BE UNUSABLE. *JG *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT STATE SPEED LIMIT LEFT TIRE BLEWOUT. TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH SPARE TIRE. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE UNDER 50 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND STATED THAT GEARSHIFT HAD MALFUNCTIONED CONSUMER WAS AT FAULT BECAUSE OF THE SPEED VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT.*AK

REPLACED 7 TIRES. TOO MANY FOR LOW MILES. VOLVO FRONT END CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR?*AK (TIRESIZE: 195/60VR15)

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING U BOLT BROKE AND SHEARED OFF. VEHICLE WAS RIDING ROUGH. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THE FOUR BOLTS HOLDING THE LEFT FRONT HUB/BEARING ASSY TO THE SUSPENSION LOOSENED AND BACKED OUT. THE INITIAL SYMPTOM WAS SIMILAR TO A WARPED BRAKE ROTOR - PULSING DURING LIGHT BRAKING. HOWEVER, AS THE BOLTS CONTINUED TO BACK OUT, ONE BOLT FELL OUT ENTIRELY, TWO BECAME LOOSE, AND THE LAST BOLT JAMMED INTO THE ROTATING FRONT AXLE. THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF THE FRONT AXLE WAS SUCH THAT IT CAUSED THE BOLT TO BACK OUT FURTHER AND JAM AGAINST THE AXLE CAUSING BINDING AND GRINDING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE BOLT HEAD OFF. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT SPEED - SAY 55-60 ON THE DC BELTWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. FURTHER, IT APPEARS THAT FAILURE OF THESE BOLTS CAN CAUST THE ENTIRE FRONT WHEEL AND HUB ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE BRAKE ROTOR AND CALIPER TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. VOLVO REPLACED ALL FOUR BOLTS ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT HUB ASSYS UNDER WARRANTEE, HOWEVGER, THERE IS NOT RECALL OR TECH BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM - EVEN THOUGH VOLVO IS ON THE THIRD GENERATION OF BOLT DESIGN FOR THIS PROBLEM!! I SHOULD NOTE THAT THESE SAME BOLTS AND THE SAME DESIGN ARE USED ON ALL P26 PLATFORM CARS (S80, S60, AND THE 2001 AND NEWER V70 MODELS). FAILURE OF THE BOLTS ON THE LEFT SIDE CAN CAUSE SEVERE STEEREING PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN THE BOLT JAMS AGAINST THE DRIVE AXLE. THE PROBLEM ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS SIMILAR EXCEPT THAT THE BOLTS WILL NOT JAM THE AXLE DUE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION. CONTACT STEVE SEEKINS AT 703-418-8651, [email protected] (HUSBAND) FOR FURTHER INFO. CAN PROVIDE VIN LATER.

VEHICLE WAS IN PARKED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED DOWN THE STREET.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN, BUT WOULD NOT STOP, CAUSING TO LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK