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Originally Posted by varmint
not to ruin your day. but my wife had one. expensive turd.
rolling cascading computer module failures. the service manager told me that leaves would collect beneath the windshield, and moisture would get into the module at the top rear of the engine bay. never mind that we kept the thing fanatically clean, there were no leaves. the volvo service manager admitted to me that the swedes built a vehicle that could be defeated by ****ing leaves.
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I don't doubt it for one minute!
That's the weird thing about the newer volvo's. Owners are polarized. Either they have a really good experience and rave, or it's was a real turd and "never again". No in-between.
That's why I'm so superstitious about these things. My last xc70 is at 250,000, but the car pretty much worked *well mostly*.
This car is clean as a whistle. I brought it home and pulled the underpanels and it was mint. No corrosion on the aluminum parts. No leaks. No codes. None. I test drove the car multiple times over varying conditions and long test drives. No codes were tripped by the end of the drives. The engine bay was naturally clean, not powerwashed armor all cleaned by some detailer.
This car lived most of it's life in a pampered rural environment, meaning, mostly highway miles, and no door dings at all. The maintenance history is devoid of nuisance visits. No warranty issues. I'm hoping it's one of the good ones.
I also considered buying a newer v90 wagon, but don't want the bells and whistles. This was about the last year of honest to goodness car without the modular engine and auto shut off crap. The instrument cluster is identical to my wife's v60, so she can get right in and be at home.
So, yeah, I've rolled the dice... but-
It's White, so it should work. For now. So far.. Good feeling about this.
Been a long day. Will update later.
Ron