Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 11/18/2008 | 70000 | 1 | |
| Failure of upper strut mount bushings causing loss of suspension / steering. replaced for the third time on 2000 v-40 volvo. recently volvo offered a newly designed heavy duty mount at three time the replacement cost demonstrating that original equipment mount was severely under designed. *tr | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION | |||
| 10/06/1999 | |||
| While driving home from work and trying to pull into the community development, went to apply brakes, and they depressed about 1 inch. was not able to stop. had to take foot off brakes, then slammed on them, and vehicle stopped. also, steering wheel became very stiff, and engine died for a brief moment, and then functioned normally. *ak | |||