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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005007078 | Incident Date: Jan, 31 2005 |
| Consumer's City: YELLOW SPRINGS | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volvo Car USA, LLC |
| Model Name: 850 | Model Year: 1997 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YV1LW5727V2 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 16 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 08 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 5 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: This complaint applies to two years of the same model 850 volvo,a 1994 and a1997t. both cars had main oil seal failures. the 1994 car was a high mileage car with about 180,000 miles it started leaking at 150,000 miles and progressively got worse to point of one to two quarts a day. we decided to trade the car in and purchase another 850 because we had good service out of the car except for the oil leaks. i was honest with the dealer why i was trading in the car. the dealer was the local dealer for dayton ohio,frank z imports. the salesman failed to inform us that this is a chronic problem with the 850 model. now the 1997 model started leaking at 90,000 miles. i discovered this is a chronic problem when i researched complaint files. i also discovered this has caused several engine fires due to oil leaking on hot exhaust pipes . i feel the dealer or mfg. should be responsible for these repairs. to correct this obvious mfg.problem. i am very disappointed with the car mfg. and the dealer for not being honest about this problem. i used to praise volvo, for i am a aircraft mechanic of 25 years. i will no longer do so and if asked i would not recommend a volvo or frank z imports. *jb |
