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Volvo • Flaming Volvos • Fuel leak recall • Other complaints

Eric of San Antonio, TX December 19, 2006

Eric of San Antonio TX (12/19/06)
The high-end factory-installed CD player in my 2001 Volvo V70 jammed with three CDs in it (it holds four). There is no way to force the unit to eject, so I brought it to the dealer for troubleshooting. I had the service done while I waited. Two hours later a technician came to tell me that they'd checked things out and would have to order a new unit, after which the jammed discs would be returned to me. Upon returning to my car, I noticed with some dismay that the dust pattern on the radio and dash had not even been disturbed.

I called the service advisor and was told that all that had been done was for the technician to turn the car on, push eject, and confirm that no discs came out. I was furious at this ... why had I waited over two hours for someone to tell me what I already knew? I waited a few weeks for the new radio unit to come in to the dealer, then had the car serviced to install the new radio. I was told that the old jammed CDs could not be retrieved by the dealership, but that the unit would be sent in to the factory and the CDs would be returned to me in 4-6 weeks. It's now been over 6 weeks, so I called the dealership to see what was up.

They now tell me it can take up to one year to receive CDs back, and they have no way to check on the status of this. Had I known this, I would have asked for the unit back myself so I could dig the CDs out.

David of Randolph, NJ December 17, 2006

David of Randolph NJ (12/17/06)
Just purchased a brand new Volvo XC90 on Friday, 12/15/06. Drove it a day and a half (12/17/06), when another car on the road blinked its lights and told us we had a huge gas leak. We pulled off and called for assistance. The car smells like gasoline. Terrible! This is a brand new vehicle (6 miles when I took it off the lot, 130 at the time of the event). Gas was pouring out from under the passenger side of the vehicle. I have never owned a new car that was so dangerous. My wife and two kids are fine. The car was flat bed towed to our dealership.

I am bringing them the keys and cancelled by security deposit check. Let them sue me, I will counter sue. This car is a tinder box waiting to explode and won't risk my family's life. We all felt sick from the gas fumes although we didn't go to the hospital.

Roy of Memphis, TN December 14, 2006

Roy of Memphis TN (12/14/06)
Own a volvo s60 with 47,000 miles ....just learned the transmission is going out....Volvo will not warranty this repair because the 4 year warranty expired in January of 2006. So the most important item in the warranty, the mileage is being ignored... This is my third and LAST volvo that i will ever own.

Elaine of Owings, MD December 13, 2006

Elaine of Owings MD (12/13/06)
My l990 Volvo burst into flames while it. was parked ina friend yard. The car was not even running. How fortunate I was that someone passing by knocked on the door and called the fire department. Was there a recall of this car? How can I be conpensated?

Heather of Kirkland, WA December 7, 2006

Heather of Kirkland WA (12/07/06)
Volvo S60 2001, don't buy one. ALready having to replace transmission. These cars clearly have a manufacturing issue.

3,000.00+ to be repaired.

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