Engine failure. Car stalled while driving on highway. Car was towed to wynn volvo. Was told that the belts broke, leading to the breakage of the timing belt, located inside the engine, resulting in major damage to the engine. Was given a quote of $5600 to repair. The car has 63000 miles and the manual does say that the belts need to be replace at 125 thousand miles. The services suggested prior to this does not include any of the belts being replaced. I believe that this should be a recall or atleast considered in the services and now. If this is considered, I would hope that this would warrant volvo to repair my car at no cost to myself.
2005 Volvo S40 engine complaints
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Engine failure. Car stalled while on highway. Upon arrival at volvo service dealer, I was told that a drive belt broke, leading to the breakage of the timing belt and subsequent extreme damage to the engine. All belts, pistons, valves and top part of engine needed replacing. Approximate damage was $5000. Car has only 85k on it, drive belt and timing belt have a recommended replacement in manual as 125k. Volvo did nothing to acknowledge this issue, in fact calling out the service record which is impeccable minus a 50k service which would've cost $1500 and did not include any maintenance to the timing belt. In looking up this issue on many websites, it would appear this is not atypical for this make, model and year volvo.
In august of 08 my 2004.5(new body style) volvo s40 t5's engine began to make a high screeching noise at idle and the check engine light came on. It had 61,000miles and I brought it to the dealership where they diagnosed that it needed a new oil trap. The problem has not recurred. My wife's 05 s40 t5 has 58,000miles and the same problem has occurred in her's. There must be an issue with this vehicle.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 volvo s40. While driving low speeds, the engine makes a howling noise. The noise stops while driving higher speeds. The dealer stated that there was an oil trap (pcv system) in the intake manifold that was clogged and could cause the crank case to fail. The failure mileage was unknown.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 volvo s40. While accelerating from a stop, the vehicle stalls and hesitates. The failure also occurs at highway speeds and has occurred for approximately 8 months to a year. The failure gradually worsens whenever the vehicle is driven. The dealer stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 08v033000 (fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump). The failure mileage was 75,000.
2005 volvo s40 t5 : multiple failures of oil trap housing at 22,500 and 68,330 miles. First failure occurred 10 months after purchase. Volvo checked valve (30677524), and replaced oil housing (30684381), hose clamp (976561) upgraded ECM petrol (30668282)...all under warranty. Second failure occurred at 68,330 miles, volvo again upgraded ECM (30668282), replaced hose clamp (976561), hose (8670008), and again replaced oil trap housing (30684381) due to clogged lines releasing air pressure. Cost of repair: $505 labor + $242 parts= $747.17, no longer under warranty.
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