Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / S70 / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003052782 Incident Date: Jun, 30 2003
Consumer's City: CHATTANOOGA Consumer's State: TN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: S70 Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Equipment
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS56D7Y2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 12 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 14 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 5 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Narrative description: #1: in mid/late 2003, the interior leather door panels began to "bubble" or pull away from the door frame. having purchased a four door model, each door had noticable defects which became significant over a short period of time. #2: upon further investigation through local volvo dealerships, the "bubbles" were actually due to a poor quality environmentally friendly glue from europe, that was used to attach the interior leather door panels to the door frames, which volvo did not apparently test in the united states. as for my model, the consequence of the defect resulted in severe failure of the interior leather door panels. although my model year is a 2000, i understand that this has also happened on both earlier and later model year vehicles. #3: volvo "is" aware of this defect and how extensive it has affected its vehicles including the model year 2000. in speaking with local volvo dealerships, volvo made a subtle attempt to correct the problems including supplying the dealerships with a repair kit that each dealership was responsible for completing. although initially reported to volvo, my complaints were not identified as safety related issues but rather cosmetic and required approximately two years before finally agreeing to a three way split in the cost to replace the interior leather door panels. although the defect is cosmetic in nature, it was to oem parts that volvo installed with the vehicle and not optional upgrades on my part. please help us...