30th Jun 2011, 00:41
This comment is just not true! Where do I start?
First my stop light was constantly on, even after I parked the car, locked her up and walked away. Took it to a Volvo dealer, and they told me my ABS unit had died and the cost would be £2000. I asked them to remove it and send it to me, which they did. I had this independently checked by an ABS testing company at my cost, and they tested it 6 times, saying it was fine. It turned out that it was a hand brake issue, which cost only £80 to fix!
Next I had a bubbling sound in the expansion chamber, and took it to the same dealer. They told me the head gasket had gone, and this would cost another £2000. When I investigated it further, I found out this was a normal sound for the S80 T6; did a CO2 test and all fine, cost = £0 - don't believe these dealers!
Now I have replaced all the 02 sensors, camshaft sensor and coil packs with still a misfire ECM-3502 and ECM-3503. The car stalled on me this weekend in the middle lane of the M1 (an extremely busy motorway), and again on the same day on the M25, inside lane this time! After spending near £900 just for this, I feel back to square one and have spent more than the car is worth. Mine is a '98 model, so I realise she is old, but when you replace something due to fault codes, you expect them to go away after the work. I still have all the 02 sensor fault codes, but maybe this is due to misfire on cylinder 5 - who knows!!
31st Jan 2007, 08:54
People who own Ferrari's, Rolls Royce's, and other exotics post on this site, so what makes you think the driver of a garden variety Volvo is so above it? Please.
I strongly suspect anyone who is trying to censor the facts about a certain model knows it has problems and doesn't want potential owners to know.
And that means you are probably a Volvo dealer.