Faults:

Indicator lights faulted a few times (will be a recall soon, I was told by my dealer).

Locks itself occasionally when the rear door (station-wagon) is closed hard. Dealer cannot fix. Luckily I had keys always in my hand.

General Comments:

Car is very luxurious, handles well (All Wheel Drive) especially on wet or snowy (Canada) roads. Too expensive for what you get.

Seats are comfortable, heated and very adjustable.

Car is still excellent, but I hate to think what might happen when the warranty runs out, because dealer is very "distant" and not cooperative. Recalls are only mentioned when I came in for a regular service.

Faults:

Two "infant failures": Immediately after purchase, a bad window switch, which was handled IMMEDIATELY by the very busy service department at the local dealer.

Also an intermittent door switch, which the dealer replaced even though they weren't able to reproduce the problem I'd had.

Also a dash speaker started buzzing (and was replaced under warranty). This I suspect - from past experience - was the result of my daughter's use of the very good sound system with very distorted recordings of hers.

Absolutely no other problems.

General Comments:

I drive the car very hard much of the time. This is the 9th Volvo I've driven and only the second one later than 1990. I've even had a 1965 that got 493,000 miles before I sold it. This one seems very much more refined than any of my earlier cars.

On an 18 gallon tank, I get over 540 miles on the freeway. This is good mileage for the size of the car.

My only negative comment is that it is not so easy to do my own work as the earlier models. As a result, I bought an extension to the warranty to cover the first 7years/100k miles.