FUEL GAUGE ERRATICALLY MOVES DOWNWARD INAPPROPRIATELY. SEEMS TO RESET WHEN CAR RESTARTED, BUT TOTALLY UNDEPENDABLE IN TERMS OF ACCURACY. AUTO IS 3.5 YEARS OLD BUT OUT OF WARRANTY AT 60K MI. DEALER RECOMMENDS NEW FUEL TANK (WHICH INCLUDES SENDING UNIT) AND FUEL PUMP. RECOMMENDED AGAINST USED PART AS "OLD PART HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED" IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A DEFECT WHICH HAS NOT RESULTED IN A RECALL/CAMPAIGN. NOTE: REPAIR WITH PARTS AND LABOR IS $2100.00.
2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TRAVELING ON A BUSY EXPWAY DURING RUSH HOUR IN LEFT LANE WHEN CAR STARTED BUCKING. I WAS ABLE TO SWITCH 2 LANES AND ALMOST MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER WHEN THE CAR STOPPED AND WOULDN'T START AGAIN. CAR INFORMATION SYSTEM REPORTED THAT THE BATTERY POWER WAS CRITICALLY LOW. I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND CALLED THE POLICE. I COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY CAR BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC WAS GOING BY TOO QUICKLY (I WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF A EXIT RAMP.) POLICE CALLED THEIR TOW TRUCK TO GET ME OFF THE ROAD QUICKLY. VOLVO ON LINE SERVICE SAID IT WOULD TALE AN HOUR TO GET A TRUCK TO ME EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM I WAS IN A VERY HAZARDOUS PLACE) CAR WAS TOWED TO VOLVO DEALERSHIP WHERE WITHIN 5 MINUTES THE PERSON WHO WENT OUT TO LOOK AT MY CAR CALLED ME BACK AND TOLD ME THE CAR WAS OUT OF GAS; THE GAS METER READ APPROX 1/3 FULL. HE REPORTED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS METER IN THE MODEL OF 2008 CAR ( THEY HAVE HAD OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THIS PROBLEM) THEY HAVE ORDERED A NEW GAS METER AND SAID THAT THEY WILL REPLACE THE OLD ONE AS SOON AS THE PART COMES IN. I AM LUCKY NO ONE REAR ENDED ME AND THE WASN'T A MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENT DUE TO DRIVERS SWERVING SO THEY WOULDN'T HIT ME. IF THIS IS A PROBLEM IN THE VOLVO 2008 CX70, I THINK OTHER VOLVO OWNERS SHOULD BE ALERTED TO THE POSSIBILITY AND VOLVO SHOULD IDENTIFY AND REPLACE OTHER FAULTY GAS METERS. *TR