D4 VEA 'check engine' light / EGR fault thread

[RoyMacDonald]

Originally Posted by GMcL

My point was, if you were done with anything greater than 4 cylinders why pay to retool a plant to make something you no longer have an interest in ?

It makes no sense! You may as well pay a premium to leave production where it is if you are phasing it out.

I have to admit I have not seen "the BBC program Building Cars Live". Now you seem to be throwing the engine plant at Skodve into the mix wherever or whomever is building the cars. The fact is that's nothing new. The Ford Focus 1.0l 100PS is built on the same line as the 345PS RS model even though the shells are not identical.

Volvo don't line up with that. The S, V & XC are not all built in the same place and the V60 D6 is a separate entity altogether. For such a small segment within the overall Volvo stable it's a bit of a hotch-potch.

A quarter of the engine output of the factory is Penta boat engines. 72,000engines for trucks.

Volvo have been increasing the size of Skodve for the last five years, ever since they split with Ford. I don't understand why people think that they would still be hanging on to old contracts with Ford? They ditched the last of Ford engined V40's in MY 2014.

[Jim shoe]

Originally Posted by Jim shoe

Update.....3 days and about 60miles later the blasted light has come back on.

Surely must be a fault somewhere?

Better get it booked in I suppose

Got it checked out today after limp mode 3 times now.

Confirmed egr problem unsurprisingly

Parts ordered but couldn't tell me when they will come in unsurprisingly

Told me they've got loads to do unsurprisingly!

[Kev78]

Originally Posted by Jim shoe

Got it checked out today after limp mode 3 times now.

Confirmed egr problem unsurprisingly

Parts ordered but couldn't tell me when they will come in unsurprisingly

Told me they've got loads to do unsurprisingly!

That isn't acceptable. I'd be furious.

It's not like these are cheap cars. Not that that would make difference.

I was amazed to read today in another section of this forum that there is a d4 fwd XC90 for some markets.

Surely they should solve the issue before fitting the D4 to a even more expensive car.

[NigelDay]

Originally Posted by Kev78

That isn't acceptable. I'd be furious.

It's not like these are cheap cars. Not that that would make difference.

I was amazed to read today in another section of this forum that there is a d4 fwd XC90 for some markets.

Surely they should solve the issue before fitting the D4 to a even more expensive car.

The more D4 VEAs they produce, the more problems they are storing up if they have not sorted it !

[Kev78]

Originally Posted by NigelDay

The more D4 VEAs they produce, the more problems they are storing up if they have not sorted it !

Seems to have been a big change to Volvos approach under their new ownership.

I hate the idea of a fwd D4 XC90 even if the engine didn't have issues.

The XC90 is huge and the new D5 isn't up to the job.

Did anyone see the episode on top gear a few years ago about chinese cars?

I remember one that looked like a rolls Royce but had a 1.6 litre engine. Reminds me of the new XC90.

[RoyMacDonald]

Originally Posted by Kev78

Seems to have been a big change to Volvos approach under their new ownership.

I hate the idea of a fwd D4 XC90 even if the engine didn't have issues.

The XC90 is huge and the new D5 isn't up to the job.

Did anyone see the episode on top gear a few years ago about chinese cars?

I remember one that looked like a rolls Royce but had a 1.6 litre engine. Reminds me of the new XC90.

You have it the wrong way round. Head of Geely want Volvo to put a big CC engine in the XC90 and head of Volvo is arguing against it.

[Kev78]

Originally Posted by RoyMacDonald

You have it the wrong way round. Head of Geely want Volvo to put a big CC engine in the XC90 and head of Volvo is arguing against it.

If that is the case. The head of Volvo needs sacking.

A 2lt diesel fwd xc90 is a horrible idea, I'd rather have a D4 V40.

[wimorrison]

As long as the engine has the power and smoothness needed for a car like the XC90 or any other TBH it could be a 20cc chainsaw engine

Doesn't matter a bit on the physical size of the engine - I recall in my youth I could sit on the wings with feet dangling inside most engine bays whilst I repaired them and no one complained that the engines were 'too small'

[GMcL]

Originally Posted by Kev78

A 2lt diesel fwd xc90 is a horrible idea, I'd rather have a D4 V40.

Given that the average emissions across a manufacturer's range has to be 95g/km by 2020, Volvo's biggest sellers are two SUVs and they do not have any small cars in the range or a sister company with sufficient small cars to pull down the average how will they meet these numbers with 6 or 8 cylinder diesels?

[Kev78]

Originally Posted by GMcL

Given that the average emissions across a manufacturer's range has to be 95g/km by 2020, Volvo's biggest sellers are two SUVs and they do not have any small cars in the range or a sister company with sufficient small cars to pull down the average how will they meet these numbers with 6 or 8 cylinder diesels?

I'd be amazed if Volvo don't produce a 'v30' or similar in the next few years.

I'm of the opinion their plan is to maximise profits.

The price of the D5 XC90 is ridiculous considering the engine and suspension.

The seats seemed fine to me, but from what I've read they're not as comfortable as the xc60 on long journeys.

For me the XC90 D4 FWD will have more in common with a transit van than a range rover.

It's not so bad when crossover cars are fwd, but a premium full size SUV?

It's like a bad joke. A 2.2 tonne, fwd, 2lt diesel premium SUV?