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Old Dec 18th, 2013, 13:55   #3
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Originally Posted by r-designbob View Post
Had my first recall letter through the post today, to do with the Auxiliary belt tensioner due to premature wear,

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If the belt tensioner failed, there would be a loss of power steering assistance and you may experience a sudden loss of drive.
This aplies to S60s, V60s XC60s,V70s, XC70s and S80s(model year 2011)

Any one else?
Fantastic ! Thought I'd left this behind when I moved from a D5 to D3.
So the tensioners are still made from the holes in swiss cheese combined with the bubbles from an Aero chocolate bar.
My D5 was mapped, it got to the stage where the tensioners were being replaced as often as the engine oil and filter (12k miles/12 months).

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Originally Posted by Ninja59 View Post
Sounds like the typical VOSA way to describe any dangerous situations...unfortunately it seems Volvo still have not sorted this issue with aux drive belts.
Maybe they need to use chains instead of belts.
Is there still the risk of the ancilary belt smashing through the cam belt casing as with the old D5 ?
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