10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 49,832 miles
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Shortly after buying a Volvo 80, I noticed that the car would surge periodically. I was told that the throttle body needed to be cleaned. After reading up on this, it sounded like a waste of money so I am stuck with a $40+K car that has a sizable defect. The surging is so bad that if you don't hold the brake pedal hard the car will surge forward ie at red lights. Nothing was done to correct this failure. I am the second owner. Also I had to replace a ball joint on this car after a recalled ball joint was installed at my cost. The dealer said the recall was only a bolt and not the whole joint but I verified that the previous owner had both ball joints replaced via a Volvo recall. I believe the recalled joint was defective like the original one. No accidents occured but it put my steering way out of whack and needed an alignment. (all at my cost)
- New Hope, PA, USA
My wife was driving our car and the right front wheel fell off. She had just pulled out of a driveway and was not going very fast. The consequences were that the suspension was damaged and the ball joints, which had failed and caused the collapse, and the cv joints had to be replaced and some other body work and repairs had to be done. The ball joints were subject of a recall in 2001, then our accident was caused by a subsequent failure and now I am told the front suspension is loose and the ball joints need replacing again. Something is seriously wrong with that system on the car.
- Augusta, GA, USA
Ball joint separated causing the passenger weel assembly to disoldge and bring the vehicle to a sudden stop.
- Carlstadt , NJ, USA
The vehicle experienced the same defect with it's ball joint as stated in recall # 00 V 238 000. The consumers vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN.
- Modesto, CA, USA
- Ponce, PR, USA