ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE. I HAVE ONLY 61000 MILES ON MY CAR AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THIS. ON MOST CARS THIS PART HAS LIFETIME WARRANTY OR AT LEAST 70,000 MILES. I WAS DRIVING 70MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTED SUDDENLY SHAKING, CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO STOP. MANUAL DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT "PERFORMACE REDUCED" ERROR AND I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT'S THROITTLE AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. $1200 LATER DEALERSHIP IS SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY BREAKS. I THINK THIS WRONG FOR VOLVO NOT TO RECOGNIZE THA THERE IS A PROBLEM, EXTEND THE WARRANTY, AND RECALL ALL THE BAD PARTS.
2012
TIRES
THIS IS SECOND OCCURRENCE WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES ON MY 2012 VOLVO XC 70. SIDE WALL SHREDDED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH CAUSING BLOWOUT AT 14,000 MILES FIRST BLOWOUT OCCURRED WHEN VEHICLE WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD. VOLVO REPLACED TIRE AND CHARGED ME $270 SAYING DEFECTIVE TIRES WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THESE ARE THE CONTINENTAL 4X4 CONTACT TIRES AND I AM NOW REPLACING ALL 4 TIRES WITH ONLY 14,000 MILES WITH ANOTHER BRAND. *TR