Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLVO / S60 / 2002

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003253771 Incident Date: Jan, 31 2003
Consumer's City: MASSAPEQUA Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC
Model Name: S60 Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YV1RH58D122 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 11 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 04 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving my volvo 2002 s60 awd i experience what is referred to as an engine flare. while car shifts automatically from gear to gear the engine will race and the tachometer needle will jump. the car will lurch forward once the gear finally catches. this can happen when the car is cold or hot. it can occur at anytime and any gear. it has also happened while stepping on the brake. i have been experiencing this problem since feb. 2002 and volvo still has yet to fix it. i have made numerous calls to volvo n.a. and the dealer vovloville of massapequa, ny. the dealer tells me that they are still waiting to hear from volvo n.a. and volvo n.a. continues to tell me that they are looking into it but they never call me back with any information. *la