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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004285523 | Incident Date: Jun, 24 2004 |
| Consumer's City: SUGAR LAND | Consumer's State: TX |
| 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: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LS56D4Y2 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 08 2004 | Complaint Type: LETR |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 08 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Automatic transmission developed a problem: slipping and shuddering during acceleration between 16-20 mph. the volvo dealer said transmission was damaged and could not be repaired: they replaced it with a rebuilt volvo trans. warranty was 4 yr, 50,000 mi: trans failed at 3 yr, 9 mo, 56839 mi -the dealer refused to honor warranty or to try to repair existing trans: insisted upon replacement of trans at cost of $3,889.92. *jb the consumer felt that volvo intentionally placed defective automatic transmissions in their vehicles to fail prematurely. *sc *jb |
