2004 Volvo S40 Complaints

THE STEERING LOCKED ON OUR 2004.5 VOLVO S40 T5 AS MY WIFE AND 6 WEEK OLD DAUGHTER WERE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY UNDER POWER. NO ERRORS WERE REPORTED WHEN THE CAR STARTED, BUT THE WHEEL LOCKED (AND AN ERROR WAS DISPLAYED) AFTER THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. SHE STOPPED THE VEHICLE WHEN SHE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL. SHE WAS THEN ABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE AND MOVE BACK TO HER PREVIOUS POSITION. CLEARLY A SAFETY SENSOR DID NOT DO ITS JOB. LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT WE HAVE HAD OCCASIONAL INCIDENTS WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT UNLOCK AFTER ENTERING THE KEY. LIGHTLY MOVING THE WHEEL SIDE TO SIDE AND REPEATED KEY ENTRIES WOULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE. A MOTOR NOW RUNS IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN TRYING TO UNLOCK THE WHEEL. THIS IS A DIFFERENT SOUND THEN WE EXPERIENCED WHEN THE ISSUE COULD BE RESOLVED. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE THE LOCKUP OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A POTENTIALLY FATAL CRASH HAD IT OCCURRED ON...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO S40. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V033000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP). THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE COMPONENT AFTER IT FAILED ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE MAY STALL WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AND PERFORMED THE REPAIRS; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE PUMP ELECTRIC MODULE AND THE VEHICLE WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO S40. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS UP TO 4000. THE CONTACT THEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO 40 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DROVE HOME WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME, HE ABRUPTLY JAMMED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND SHIFTED TO PARK UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE THROTTLE CABLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE THROTTLE CABLE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SPRING WAS MELTED CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO REMAIN OPEN AND THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE NECESSARY PARTS TO MAKE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 06/03/11 *BF THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS COMING APART. UPDATED 08/08/11

SRS WARNING LIGHT ON DEFECTIVE OCCUPANT WEIGHT SENSOR. *TR

VOLVO S40 T5 2004 IS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY. RPMS INCREASE DRASTICALLY AND SPEED DOES NOT INCREASE. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING ALONG WITH TRAFFIC. REPAIRS RELATED TO SIMILAR SYMPTOMS: REPLACED AND RELOCATED PEM IN 2008, ENGINE CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED DUE TO FAULTY SOFTWARE IN 2008 SAME PROBLEMS OCCURRED A MONTH AGO AND RECURRING AT A MORE EXTREME LEVEL NOW. THIS FAULTY MANUFACTURING DOES NOT INCLUDE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT WERE FIXED A FEW MONTHS AGO WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW REAPPEARING AGAIN. *TR