17th Jul 2013, 17:56
I've just bought a 2006 model. I'm sorry you have a bad interior. The dash material on mine is still almost perfect, the lettering on dials and switches is excellent, and the 'wood' centre column still looks new.
Perhaps this is because I live in England, where the weather is so bad UV damage is not a problem!
5th Jan 2017, 23:11
Mine has 278,000 and the interior is still remarkably like new; a small bit of wear on the driver's seat squab as expected, but the rest of the car inside is in great condition. The so called 'premium' german cars age much worse in my opinion; look at a 2000-2005 Audi A4/A6 inside - the climate and radio controls look like a child smudged them, not to mention the peeling soft touch trim everywhere.
2nd Mar 2013, 14:26
I most certainly would not suffer such interior failures in such a young vehicle. Indeed, I would be contacting Volvo and demanding replacements. I would expose these faults to the media, including my own self made videos. This review has given me very sore misgivings over the brand. Am I correct?