2000 Volvo S40 Complaint Log

VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND WIFE ENTERED INTERSECTION. DEALER AND VOLVO AGREED TO BUY BACK VEHICLE. OWNER AGREED TO PURCHASE NEW VEHICLE AND PAY DIFFERENCE. VOLVO CHANGED THEIR MIND. CUSTOMER ORDERED TO KEEP VEHICLE OR TRADE IT IN. TRADE VALUE WAS $17,000. CUSTOMER LOST $12,000 REPLACING IT. NO CONSIDERATION FROM VOLVO. "PASSED LEMON LAW BECAUSE IT WAS FIXED!!!". *AK

VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE, AND WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE VEHICLE STILL ACCELERATES. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT START FOR ANY REASON OCCASIONALLY. *AK

BOTH HEADLAMP UNITS NEED REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISIM HAS BROKEN OUT OF EACH UNIT. ONLY REPAIR IS TOTAL REPLACMENT OF HEAD LAMP UNITS.

VEHICLE SERVICED FOR BRAKE NOISE. NO ACTION TAKEN BY DEALER. *AK

BRAKES DON'T ENGAGE WHEN CAR HAS BEEN SITTING OVERNIGHT OR FOR MORE THAN 6-8 HOURS

VEHICLE PULLS (ALIGNMENT CONDUCTED 1088 MILE AGO). *AK

VEHICLE PULL. *AK

AFTER 3 MONTHS, BRAKES FELT ROUGH, HARD, AND DEVELOPED NOISE WHEN GOING SLOW, THEN CONSTANT SQUEAK. *AK

THE VEHICLE CONTINUALLY PULLS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT, THE DEALER HAS PERFORMED NUMEROUS ALIGNMENTS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLM

3/6/2007. VOLVO S40 2000. CONTACT HAS A CONCERN WITH THE BRAKES AND THE HEADLIGHTS.*MC THE HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKES FAILED. *JB

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN COLD WEATHER, PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CONFIRMED VACUUM PUMP MOTOR WAS NOT WORKING DUE TO BLOWN FUSE. *AK *ML

THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN ACCELERATING AND WHEN COMING TO A STOP. YH

IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT THE DASHBOARD INSTRUMENTS ARE INVISIBLE, RED SPEED INDICATOR INVISIBLE TO PARTIALLY COLORBLIND DRIVERS

DEFECTIVE AIR BAG CONTROL MODULE. *SLC

AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED OVER NIGHT OR PARKED FOR 6-8 HOURS BRAKES WILL NOT ENGAGE. BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD AND RESISTS WHEN APPLIED. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES ABRUPTLY AND GEARED THE TRANSMISSION DOWN TO LOW, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD INDICATING A LOSS OF VACUUM, THERE WAS NO SHOULDER FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET ONTO THEREFORE THE CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NLM

WHILE DRIVING A WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S COASTING. WHEN APPLING GAS VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE, LIKE IT IS NOT IN GEAR.*AK

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACK LUNGED BACKWARDS WITH THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OR MOVEMENT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING DESIGN DEFECT. *NLM

WHEN ENGINE IS COLD, AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED DRIVER HAS TO APPLY A LOT OF PRESSURE TO BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK

BRAKE PAD FAILURE WAS PREMATURE DUE TO THE ADDED BRAKE FORCE THAT WAS NECESSARY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *PH THE BRAKE PAD RIVETS WERE SCRAPING THE ROTORS. THE CONSUMER NEEDED TO USE EXTRA FORCE TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REBATE FOR THE AMOUNT OF REPAIR. *SC THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE ISSUE. RECALL #03V474000. *JB