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2004 VOLVO S40 in Hudson, MA

Dashboard went crazy, fading in and out. all panels were unreadable, speedometer, radio, temperature gauge. car accelerated on its own, without my foot on the pedal. cd was shot into the backseat landing in my child safety seat. all of ...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Hudson, MA

Dashboard went crazy, fading in and out. all panels were unreadable, speedometer, radio, temperature gauge. car accelerated on its own, without my foot on the pedal. cd was shot into the backseat landing in my child safety seat. all of ...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Hudson, MA

Dashboard went crazy, fading in and out. all panels were unreadable, speedometer, radio, temperature gauge. car accelerated on its own, without my foot on the pedal. cd was shot into the backseat landing in my child safety seat. all of ...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Hudson, MA

Dashboard went crazy, fading in and out. all panels were unreadable, speedometer, radio, temperature gauge. car accelerated on its own, without my foot on the pedal. cd was shot into the backseat landing in my child safety seat. all of ...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Bridgeport, PA

Car was serviced on 25-oct at ~49k miles. no computer updates were done to the vehicle. 12-dec, i had new tires put on the car. 13-dec the car reported "reduced engine performance" and oil light came on. pulled over, stopped car, waited...Car was serviced on 25-oct at ~49k miles. no computer updates were done to the vehicle. 12-dec, i had new tires put on the car. 13-dec the car reported "reduced engine performance" and oil light came on. pulled over, stopped car, waited a few minutes and restarted with no problem/lights. drove a few miles, same exact thing happened again. then drove for ~45 minutes when the car reported something like a "system engine failure" and the check engine light came on. car was sputtering with no response from the gas pedal. was towed to my dealership. sm informed me that the "main" computer had failed, "two other computers" had "stopped communicating" and the "throttle module" failed. he told me they could fix the car for ~$300 with computer upgrades. he didn't know if that would fix the throttle module as well. it was fixed in their opinion after they road tested it for ~7 miles. he said available computer upgrades are always applied at their dealership when the car is under warranty but never when the car is out of warranty unless there's a problem. was told my extended warranty did not cover the upgrades and was charged ~$300. i asked if the upgrades could have been applied 25-oct since i was under warranty. he felt that they could have been, assuming the upgrades were available then but couldn't tell me if they were. spoke with the sm at the dealership where i was on 25-oct and he said they never apply computer upgrades unless there's a problem with the car, warranty or not. drove the car home on 13-dec and noticed "electrical" issues. drove the car on the morning of 14-dec and a headlight went out and came back on later in the day. car failed again that day in traffic. filed a case with volvo customer care. dealership has cleaned the throttle module but problem persists. they ordered a new etm at ~$800. i was told that they will use the $300 as a 25% payment on the parts/labor for the etm replacement and there will be no additional cost to me.

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Bridgeport, PA

Car was serviced on 25-oct at ~49k miles. no computer updates were done to the vehicle. 12-dec, i had new tires put on the car. 13-dec the car reported "reduced engine performance" and oil light came on. pulled over, stopped car, waited...Car was serviced on 25-oct at ~49k miles. no computer updates were done to the vehicle. 12-dec, i had new tires put on the car. 13-dec the car reported "reduced engine performance" and oil light came on. pulled over, stopped car, waited a few minutes and restarted with no problem/lights. drove a few miles, same exact thing happened again. then drove for ~45 minutes when the car reported something like a "system engine failure" and the check engine light came on. car was sputtering with no response from the gas pedal. was towed to my dealership. sm informed me that the "main" computer had failed, "two other computers" had "stopped communicating" and the "throttle module" failed. he told me they could fix the car for ~$300 with computer upgrades. he didn't know if that would fix the throttle module as well. it was fixed in their opinion after they road tested it for ~7 miles. he said available computer upgrades are always applied at their dealership when the car is under warranty but never when the car is out of warranty unless there's a problem. was told my extended warranty did not cover the upgrades and was charged ~$300. i asked if the upgrades could have been applied 25-oct since i was under warranty. he felt that they could have been, assuming the upgrades were available then but couldn't tell me if they were. spoke with the sm at the dealership where i was on 25-oct and he said they never apply computer upgrades unless there's a problem with the car, warranty or not. drove the car home on 13-dec and noticed "electrical" issues. drove the car on the morning of 14-dec and a headlight went out and came back on later in the day. car failed again that day in traffic. filed a case with volvo customer care. dealership has cleaned the throttle module but problem persists. they ordered a new etm at ~$800. i was told that they will use the $300 as a 25% payment on the parts/labor for the etm replacement and there will be no additional cost to me.

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Glassboro, NJ

I was driving home at night when all of the gauges in my car went out completely. i had no speedometer, no gas reading, no engine heat meter, the message center was out, no turn signals. this is a 2 year old vehicle that was purchased bra...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Elmwood Park, IL

The vehicle has the following intermittent electrical problems. dashboard, radio, climate controls turn-off by themselves. wipers activate by themselves. srs warnings are displayed. fuel door button does not activate. ignition will not...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Elmwood Park, IL

The vehicle has the following intermittent electrical problems. dashboard, radio, climate controls turn-off by themselves. wipers activate by themselves. srs warnings are displayed. fuel door button does not activate. ignition will not...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Elmwood Park, IL

The vehicle has the following intermittent electrical problems. dashboard, radio, climate controls turn-off by themselves. wipers activate by themselves. srs warnings are displayed. fuel door button does not activate. ignition will not...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Elmwood Park, IL

The vehicle has the following intermittent electrical problems. dashboard, radio, climate controls turn-off by themselves. wipers activate by themselves. srs warnings are displayed. fuel door button does not activate. ignition will not...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Elmwood Park, IL

The vehicle has the following intermittent electrical problems. dashboard, radio, climate controls turn-off by themselves. wipers activate by themselves. srs warnings are displayed. fuel door button does not activate. ignition will not...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Irvine, CA

The engine dies intermittently once every six months. this normally happens when making a right turn or slowing down. all of the warning lights in the dashboard light up. the gear must be put back in park, must turn off the ignition and the...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Broomfield, CO

During a frontal drivers side crash the drivers side airbag did not deploy causing injury to the driver. however the passenger side airbag did deploy, but no passengers were present at the time of the accident. the impact of the crash was ...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Broomfield, CO

During a frontal drivers side crash the drivers side airbag did not deploy causing injury to the driver. however the passenger side airbag did deploy, but no passengers were present at the time of the accident. the impact of the crash was ...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Somerville, MA

2004 volvo s40 experiencing problems with the rear tail light assembly. the left rear tail light assembly was intermittent. at night there would be no rear tail lights. the right front park light and the yellow side marker light had ...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Somerville, MA

2004 volvo s40 experiencing problems with the rear tail light assembly. the left rear tail light assembly was intermittent. at night there would be no rear tail lights. the right front park light and the yellow side marker light had ...

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2004 VOLVO S40 in Nogales, AZ