2003 Volvo S80 Fuel system Problems

“My car shows exact symptoms of the vehicles involved in NHTSA recall # 09v483. Recall involved cars in the hot weather states of us. At the time of the original recall I have resided in the massachusetts which was not included in the initial recall. I have moved to arizona in the summer of 2010 and now my car is smelling gas as recalled vehicles. Tried to contact Volvo dealers and thy are stating since my VIN is not in the database of recalled vehicles they will not perform repair ( unless I will pay full price of course ).”

“After purchasing a Volvo S80 in april 2003 from Volvo north scottsdale, my wife (who drives the car) began experiencing a fuel injection problem. Each time the car was routinely serviced at Volvo north scottsdale, she complained of the problem, but the dealer failed to repair it. After tiring of the deteriorating service quality at Volvo north scottsdale, my wife began having the car serviced at powell Volvo, to whom she continued to complain of the fuel injection problem. That dealer also failed to repair the problem. …”

“Hi, just had to have my fuel pump replaced to the tune of well over a thousand dollars. Cost and problem fall in to the unreal category. Hard to believe that something as simple as a fuel pump has evolved into a piece of equipment that apparently as complicated as something that is vital to the launch of the shuttle. Oh for the days when a fuel pump was activated by the cam shaft, held on to the engine with two bolts, cost five dollars, took about ten minutes to replace and seldom failed. …”

“Re: 2003, Volvo S80. I had just pulled into a parking space at my preschool son's school, I went to shift gears and take my foot off the brake and my car had a sudden accelertation causing me to be without control of my car for over 50 feet, hitting a tree, 3 shrubs and a 3000 lb. Rock. My preschooler and I sustained minor injuries but my car is totalled. My car is in an auto body shop awaiting insurance approval for a totalled car. My son is traumatized and I was shaken up for days. …”

“The contact owns a 2003 Volvo S80. The contact smelled fuel inside the vehicle. It was diagnosed that the flange was cracked on the fuel pump. The manufacturer was notified. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 112,000.”