Volvo S40 1.9 terminal oil leak?

[Scott R]

This is my Grandmother-in-laws S40 it has 64,000 miles on it. I was changing out the snow tires (in July mind you) and I noticed that it was leaking oil on my garage floor. I tracked it down to something in the timing compartment, and not knowing Volvos very well I had her take it to the dealer.

Anyway, I just got word from a very distressed grandmother-in-law that the dealer recommends she get rid of the car rather than repair it. It has a severe leak from one of the cam shaft seals, and a minor leak from the other. This repair entails removing the engine, and they want around $6000 to repair everything, as they say there are other leaks in the same area.

My question is are these cars that bad? I know Ford owns them these days, and we we all know their quality issues, however I thought these cars were better than this. Anyone have this particular issue on an S40? And if so what was the actual repair?

[Joeaksa]

Get it away from the dealer and find a good private shop.

You also might try to find an internet forum like Pelican for Volvos. Just did a google search and came up with several.

[widgeon13]

Do as Joe says, the dealers are killing to sell cars these days as you probably already know, and at 64K to have those kind of problems, it's most likely a defect from manufacturing. That is really BS from the dealer!

[Scott R]

This was after and inty said the same thing, thought the inty guy was crazy until the dealer confirmed it.

[Joeaksa]

Go to one of the Volvo forums and do some research. If this is correct then Volvo will have a class action lawsuit against them.