General Comments:

Head gasket blew at 75,000 miles.

Heating core blew, costing me $1000.

Throttle cost me $600.

Steering wheel module; cost $1000

ABS module, $600.

Central electronic module, $1500.

Engine control module, $1500.

Now I've so many lights on my car, the dash looks like a Xmas tree. Ever since I bought this car it has been nothing but a headache. I've spent well over 9,000 dollars on this car. Please I advise you not to even think about buying this car. To make things worse, the Volvo dealer doesn't even know the problems. Stay away from Volvo.

Faults:

Everybody keeps telling me to replace the timing belt. I think it is because it is 6 hours of labor and my car works fine now.

Tires might be too large for wheel well; they grind when taking a left turn.

First repair at 150,00 miles, needed turbo drain seals, about $500.

Second repair at 160,000 miles, a separate gasket, $150.

Third repair at 185,000 miles, needed a ball joint, $450. (both done)

Fourth repair at 200.000 miles, runs rough need tune up.

AM Band on radio is weak.

Keyless entry has limited range, about 10 feet.

General Comments:

This car is a tank, with the twin turbo I can fill up and travel nearly 600 miles on one tank of gas. It exudes understated luxury.

Excellent, Integrated Navigation System with 6 map discs.

Faults:

Electrical problems every few months for 11 years. Either a warning light came on (and there was no problem) or a light would burn out. It got to the point where I would walk into the Volvo parts dept, and they would just hand me a new bulb! Luckily, I lived near the dealer! I loved the safety aspect of Volvo.

General Comments:

Electrical problems throughout ownership. Felt very safe driving this car. Very expensive to maintain.

Faults:

Both wheels fell off!

Starter broke.

Lots of maintenance required.

General Comments:

Yes, both wheels fell off my car. The first time I was driving slowly through a parking lot and the wheel just fell off the axle. I had it repaired, but shortly after heard a suspicious noise so I took it in to be looked at and when the mechanic was test driving it, the other wheel fell off. This by far, was the worst of my troubles but definitely not the only problem.

I had leaks in the head gasket and the starter went out at 80K.

I spent thousands on repairs for this car.

Faults:

Nothing yet. I just purchased it and my mechanic said it was in amazing shape for a 1999 with 120k.

General Comments:

This car is so amazing. I had a 2000 old Intrigue and this is so much better. Leather still looks new and all features still work. I have not had in in for service yet so I cannot comment on that.

Everything under the hood is easily to get to and not obscured. Timing and serpentine belt are right on the side. The twin turbo engine is so quiet and powerful. I work for Audi and this car feel better than some Audi's (A4, A6). The paint is immaculate. The only real thing that needed to be fixed was some condensation in the headlights, easily done.

I had the car up to 120 and it still felt like I was going 60.

Seats are amazing! I wish I could rip them out and used them as office furniture.

Hopefully I will have this car a long time. My only real gripe is that I can't find a service manual for the car. Only in DVD form, not book... oh well...