Faults:

Fuel pump relays was out of order, cost of repair unknown because car was still under warranty (There's a mandatory 1 year warranty for used cars since last year in Germany).

General Comments:

Car is moving very, very smooth. On the motorway it runs alongside faster cars without any sign of "beating" the engine. In-town, the car is SURPRISINGLY mobile and - swift. I never have seen such a maneuverability with such a big car - and I've driven a Audi 100 Avant (station) and a Mercedes 200 Station before. Both were not at all that handy.

Fuel consumption is a bit to high. (14.2ltr per 100km, city-traffic, but still..).

Seats are VERY comfortable - I'm rather tall (1.9m) and heavy. The car incourages cruising instead of racing.

Faults:

Sudden Timing belt failure, causing the engine to crash; valves were punctured when the engine crashed. Basically the whole engine was trashed.

General Comments:

When I got the car the engine was rebuilt due to a previous belt failure.

I was on the freeway when my engine crashed, to my surprise I was able to drive about 2 miles to the next exit, but at the price of loosing the whole engine.

I couldn't believe the car still ran for that long, even at all.

During all this the steering was perfect, I had all electrical power, but after about 2 miles the car died.

Faults:

The air conditioning was a bit fumy. This was caused by a leak from the crankcase breather. Apart from that, no problems at all.

General Comments:

This is the best car I have owned in 40 years. Long term (since 1987) back problems have totally disappeared since I bought this car; first trip was non stop Sydney to Melbourne; the seats are fantastic, handling and performance are excellent, fuel economy is satisfactory (and improving each day since I gave it a Nulon 30 treatment).

Faults:

A lot went wrong, the radiator was broke.

The lights inside the car worked poorly.

The car used oil and a lot of smoke came out of the car on the back side.

The hand-brake cable was broken.

Once it didn't start, the battery was dead.

General Comments:

The car has a lot of space for five persons and a wheelchair.

The "drive" to drive a Volvo is enormous.

Pulling a caravan is easy.

Faults:

Problems with the ECU.

General Comments:

The car is very reliable and very comfortable, it can easily seat four large adults in comfort.

On the negative side the performance leaves a lot to be desired and the fuel consumption is a bit scary, especially during the colder months.

If you can live with the running costs though I would whole heartedly recommend one of these cars.

Faults:

Heated seats needed to be replaced.

Timing belt (2).

Rotors needed to be replaced.

Rear door lock mechanism failed.

Air conditioner replaced with R34.

General Comments:

This car is a great family car.

Great gas mileage.

Great space for people and large trunk.

Moves very nicely... not fast... just nice.

Reliablity has been the best of any car I have ever owned.

Always gets through the snow.

Faults:

This car has now covered 93,000 miles and has never given trouble.

General Comments:

I cannot fault this car on reliability grounds, I feel this car will go on for ever. I am planning to drive to the south of Spain this year and have no worries on the car making it. In its lifetime I have only had to change the obvious service parts. Timing belt at 52,000 miles, one battery, tyres, exhaust and brakes. With regular servicing I feel this car has many years left.