Volvo reliability - not impressed so far !

I do a very high mileage for my business 1000 + per week, and after years of troublesome cars I decided to invest in a 'decent' car and went for a ten month old V70 D5 SE.

Well three months later and its in the dealers monday to have the following fixed.

1. Knocking from front suspension

2. Climate control has a mind of its own and intermittantly blasts hot
air at you for no reason.

3. Oil leak from engine / gearbox - it is oil, not water from aircon !

4. Vibration through steering ( not tyres / wheel balance )

5. Leather wearing off drivers seat.

6. Engine splutters between 1500 - 2000 rpm

I am really disappointed to be honest, other than this the car is great. I really do hope they can sort it out pronto or I can feel a change of car coming on !

i hate to say this, but volvos are not decent cars any more, their reliabilty record is very poor im afraid, a run of the mill japanese model is far superior, with the top marques such as lexus being far far better, if you require decent build quality plus reliabilty dont buy a volvo, they are trading on past glories im afraid

hello there, i think you have been rather unlucky with your d5 i know that as galipoli says japanese cars are more reliable generally, but volvos in my opinion remain well made robust soundly engineered cars and i disagree that volvo are trading on past glories, i owned a lexus some time ago and it was a top drawer car however i must say my volvo has a nicer feel(no i cant quantify that!) to it and so far has proved just as reliable, anyway good luck with your car i hope once its sorted out you will enjoy many miles of happy volvoing best regards ron

Thanks, I too hope everything is sorted as problems apart It is superb.

[DieselDoNicely]

You wait until your in a multiple pileup like I was in my 850, you be glad you bought it then. I do 700 miles a week and its very comforting to be in a Volvo, I forgive it the few breakdowns.

Have you got the soft leather option?

Good luck and dont take any softsoap from the dealer.

DDN

[volvo2]

The trouble with most of these surveys is that they tend to measure reliability in the short-term and don't consider long-term durability. I personally think that the 240 was one of the best family cars ever built. My own certainly outlasted most comparable cars, including all Japanese models. I think perhaps Volvo have lost that advantage today.

Melvyn

>You wait until your in a multiple pileup like I was in my
>850, you be glad you bought it then. I do 700 miles a week and
>its very comforting to be in a Volvo, I forgive it the few
>breakdowns.
>
>Have you got the soft leather option?
>
>Good luck and dont take any softsoap from the dealer.
>
>DDN


I certainly hope I will never be in a multiple pile up !!

Not sure if I have the soft leather or not as the car was 10 months old when I bought it, it does however feel very thick and soft compared to other cars I have had with leather.

[cootuk]

If you bought from a dealer it's a pity they didnt check some of those things out first....i remember looking at an XC70 at a dealer forecourt and queried where the oil was leaking from. They said anything unusual would be fixed under warranty - hardly reassuring.