Volvo Penta

Purchased a very expensive new Cobalt boat in 2021 for use on a lake in upstate New York. Boat was equipped with a Volvo Penta 8 cylinder motor and applicable new warranty coverages from Volvo and the boat company Cobalt. Shortly after taking the delivery of the boat, began to notice overheat conditions. Alarm would sound and boat would be shut down to cool. Assumed weeds in prop but did not notice any during overheat conditions. Most recent overheat incident caused extensive heat damage to manifold and thousand of dollars damage. Dealer begins repair of craft to notice a build up of debris and weeds in cooling system. Impeller motor operative. Boat has been ingesting weeds and debris into cooling system over time causing overheat.

I bought a new 29-foot Monterey Sport Yacht with brand new Volvo Penta engine in June 2020. The engine stopped working within one hour of operation at a boat speed of 5 MPH. It turns out to be a caused by a bad switch at the top of the engine. It took them two weeks to replace it. Fifteen months later, on September 12, 2021 the engine stopped working at engine temperature of 189 F. The boat was towed to a Volvo Penta certified boat yard on Bethel Island, CA. It was found a piece of metal was broken off from the exhaust manifold, which got into the main part of the engine so the entire long block has to be replaced. The engine was reassembled in late December 2021. However, according to the boat mechanic, the engine was not running appropriately.

Purchase a new 2021 Cobalt boat with Volvo 430 HP engine from Goodhue Navy Yard. After 7 hours of operation, carefully following the break-in procedure, the engine died. The dealer sent a service technician to evaluate and he determined a bad fuel pump. They could not find one in their system and could not tell me when one would be available. After a week I personally went online and found one. When the tech. installed it the engine still did not run. Back at the shop they found zero compression on #1 cylinder and a mark on the piston. Hard to believe that the dealer nor Cobalt could supply a replacement fuel pump on a new product and greater disappointment the engine failed at 7 hours. I have not heard back yet to see if there is a replacement engine available.

Horrible company! I installed a D2-50F brand new engine in my sailboat. Getting any technical information from this company is like they are giving military intelligence to the enemy. I never was able to get an installation manual from Volvo. It did not come in the paper work with the engine. Volvo must send a technician out to the boat to inspect and certify the installation. I got a hard **! I have met all his requirement and still a year+ later I do not have a warranty! The engine runs absolutely great but the company is really bad! There is no national tech line. Everything must go through a local dealer. The responses I've had, to be nice is erratic. Sorry I bought it.

We bought a new boat with twin Volvo Penta gas engines, Regal 32 Express. For over 2 years, we have been experiencing nothing but engines failure and problems with bow thruster, trim tabs and many other parts. Starboard engine failed 3 times with the same problem: Warning light, noise, and loss of power. 2 separate certified Volvo Penta mechanics are unable to fix the problem. 2 other refuse to even work with Volvo Penta to fix the problem. In addition, many other problems with other parts not related to Volvo Penta.

When I purchased my 2018 XC60 new in October, the salesman told me there would be an easy computer fix to disable the ready button which starts up the car again at a light to conserve gas. There is no program and every time I start the car I have to turn this function off manually. It's very annoying. I contacted Volvo Corporate and asked for their intervention to help broker a good deal for a 2019 where this can be done by a computer fix. They were no help. They called my dealership and told them I was coming. Don't buy a Volvo. I found out my car depreciated $20,000 in 9 months according to the dealership.

I took delivery of a D2-75 engine and sail drive in March of 2015 with the understanding that the warranty would not begin until the boat was launched. It was a 16 year project to restore a 45 ft. Sailboat that was built in Holland. I made it clear to the salesman that it would be a couple of years before I would get the boat in the water and he said that the warranty would begin when the boat splashed. She hit the water July 2018 so I called the salesman and he said that he would start the warranty process.

I have a 18 foot Stingray with a Volva Penta 3.0 liter I/O. Due to a factory recall with the Demon carburetor, Volva Penta requested that I bring my boat to an authorized Volva Penta dealership, Cope Marine located in Belleville Illinois. After nearly 6 months, I picked up my boat and the dealership and Volva Penta attempted to charge me for work that was not recall work. In addition, upon getting the boat and attempting to run the engine, I now have a carburetor that will not idle. I have reached out to Volva Penta and their reply was that, in spite of their guarantee, they have already absorbed the cost of the additional non-recall expenses and do not feel any additional responsibility. With this business philosophy, I would not anticipate Volva Penta to survive and certainly encourage everyone to avoid the mistake of dealing with Volva Penta and Cope Marine.

We have replaced the thermostats 3 times because of t/stat failure. The most recent was today 10/27/2018. The customer left the harbor and got out to the main channel when the alarm went off. Top of port t/stat blown off and water running out of the t/stat housing and flooding the bilge. Lucky he had a kicker and was able to return to his ship. Anyone else having this problem?

I have a 2007 210 four winns with a 5.0. It has giving me huge problems with the fuel system. The base that holds the fuel pump was painted and after a few years of usage the paint come off in chunks and it messes up the fuel filters!!! Why paint something that fuel has to flow through it??? Very unfair and stupid move on Volvo Penta techs and engineers with such a crappy design! Now trying to find O rings to repair the part is AWFUL?? Where can I get this parts? Please feel free to contact me at **. Thanks for any info.