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Feb 14th, 2007, 11:04 | #21 | |
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My previous (non-Volvo) car was subject to a recall because of an intermittent fault in the windscreen wiper controller. They couldn't risk a failure of the wipers during heavy rain leading to accidents, so they pulled the cars in. This meant that they had to go to the expense of hiring cars from local hire firms to ensure that all their customers were able to keep mobile. In my case, I had a hire car for a month because of delays in getting the replacement part. While that wasn't a situation that was pleasant for customers they felt it was the only responsible course of action in the circumstances, and while I (and many others) grumbled about it at the time, with the benefit of hindsight I'm glad they took that approach. With the EGR valve problem (assuming that is where the problem lies), a failure at the wrong moment could be equally serious. The only reason I can think of why Volvo haven't issued a recall for this fault is that (a) it hasn't been reported as affecting a high enough percentage of cars, and possibly (b) there is no fix available that they are certain will resolve the problem. Either way, I hope it doesn't end up causing a serious accident. |
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Feb 20th, 2007, 13:33 | #22 |
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Its been 11 days since the car last went to the dealers and no dodgy starts so far (touch wood).
I spoke to the service manager and he explained that they thought air was getting into a vacuum pump that has something to do with the injectors. They replaced it and so far so good! Jamie |
Feb 20th, 2007, 13:41 | #23 |
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Good to hear, Jamie.
I've had two dodgy starts since I last posted, the most recent being yesterday evening - started the car for the drive home and it sat there coughing and spluttering until I put it out of it's misery. When I restarted it, it was fine. I think yet another trip to the dealer is called for. I'll suggest they look at the same area as your dealer. |
Apr 18th, 2007, 23:58 | #24 |
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my gas calculator seems ok to me...
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Apr 21st, 2007, 20:35 | #25 | |
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just to let you know, one morning I went to work but noticed staright away the car had no power (no turbo seemed to cut in). pulled over after a few miles, swicthed the car off and back on and it was good as new. got to work, contacted dealer and after a lot of faffing around they collected car to replace EGR valve which they reckoned was the fault. they did some checks and said my car (V50 2007 model) had the revised EGR valve which should not suffer same problem but then found a loose pipe in the engine. retightened and brought back to me (unwashed) but faster than before. sorry dont know what pipe it was but thought I'd share my EGR experience Webbie |
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Apr 22nd, 2007, 11:28 | #26 |
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Hi guys, perhaps a bit late on this one but my "Fuel problem and answer" post of Jan 10th could be reason for some of the stuttering and possibly starting problems.
Fault was down to air being drawn in and I also had a slight fuel leak. Read thread for more info. Hopefully it will help someone. |
May 10th, 2007, 19:41 | #27 |
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About that miles to empty thing...
Sorry, just to go back to the beginning of this thread - does this mean that you should trust the computer, the mileage, or the gauge. Mine's reading off the bottom of the gauge and still 40 odd miles to go. The red light comes on at 60 miles. And the handbook's not much use, it seems to give a choice of 45 or 65 litres in the the tank.
Anyone know how much the tank does hold - it's 2 litre petrol V50. |
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