2001 Volvo S80 T6 from North America - Comments

The throttle stopped working in traffic at 62,000 miles, replaced by dealership under software recall. Twice the car stalled out at traffic lights, Twice the keys stopped working, had to have car towed to dealer and a new piece to the ignition put in, and the keys had to be reprogrammed, all while still under warranty. Engine and warning light problems.

The S80 is my third Volvo, I previously owned a 94 850, and then a 97 850. This car is nice looking and fun to drive when it is working. I always thought Volvo's were reliable and could run until over 200,000 miles, but I'm not sure about this car. Never had any problems with my 850's which had over 200,000 miles on them. This car has only 62,000 miles and the throttle died, engine problems, and other annoyances. I have had to bring it back to the dealership 4 times since I purchased it in June of 2007.I had my other 850's for a few years and never had to bring it to the dealer. I don't know why, but the new volvo's are not as reliabe as the older ones. I think this is because Ford is involved with Volvo now and since Ford makes shitty cars they are now ruining volvo's. I am not sure if I would buy another volvo, I am already thinking about trading this one in.

Before you give up with Volvo, try the S60. As far as I can tell the S80's smaller brother is much better behaved and reminds me more of the 850 in character and driveability - exceptionally solid and comfortable in the way that only Volvo has mastered. Reliability is good too! A very good car.

I agree. Early s80's had it's problems, but newer (2003 and on) were a lot better. S60 is a completely different story, car is great. I have 2001 V70 T5 and I had no problems whatsoever. I have 215.000 kilometers on the Odo.

Hey, I wrote this review last year.

I no longer have the 2001 S80. I was in an bad accident in it in December of 2008. I was not hurt, but the car was totaled. The longer I owned the car, the more I loved it, and after the first few things that were wrong with it, nothing else mechanical went wrong.

I loved that car, and it did save my life because Volvos are very safe. The airbags deployed and the crumple zones of the car worked; all the damage was kept to the outside of the car, the inside was fine.

After the accident I did buy another Volvo, but this time I bought a 2003 Volvo S60, and I love this car too. It is a little smaller than an S80, but gets better gas mileage, and still has a lot of room in it, and it still is just as safe and has all the airbags.

I will only buy Volvo's from now on, because they are very safe, and they saved my life and save millions of others, because of their safety.