10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
5,000 miles

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problem #3

Jul 152020

S40 4-cyl

  • 15,000 miles
Me an my husband was driving the car an it started to run hot so we went an got the part to go on the car an when when we got back to my father in law house the car cut off an started to smoke real bad then went into flames an when we first got the car we got everything fix on it an then when you plug the montior to the the car it said we had ten codes up there an they was the same codes that was on the car an we know we had got everything fix on the car an we was still having problems with the car no we out of a car cause it went into flames.

- Wilson, NC, USA

problem #2

Jan 312002

(reported on)

S40

  • miles
About 2 or 3 weeks ago I noticed something that was hanging from the front part of the car. I contacted the dealer and they informed me it was an engine covered, since I am leasing the car I requested to be repaired. The dealer informed me it was not covered because the damage was caused by me. He also told me vovos are too low in the front and if you pushed against a car bumper or something like that it will cause the engine cover to fall. As far as know this is not in the manual and was never informed of this vovos problems. They charged me $151.06 to replace the engine covered.

- Miami Lakes, FL, USA

problem #1

Oct 202000

S40

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Battery was drained, and this caused car not to start at 150 miles. SRS light kept coming on at 1100 miles. This indicated that there was something wrong with airbags. At 1400 miles, SRS light appeared again after dealer had corrected problem. The vehicle failed to start. The forward and backward seat adjustment was not working. There was noise coming from the sunroof. The engine was noisy. The engine light came on.

- Alameda, CA, USA