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The creak going downhill doesn't make sense, unless you were riding your brakes perhaps.
Some of the brake franchise chains will do a free inspection so that may be an easy way to check them out. I'd get a second opinion before agreeing to let them do any work though. :shades:
If it is just rust, using the brakes should wear the rust away pretty fast unless your climate really did a number on them.
Hope this helps.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.
Maintenance is also the same,except you have 2 extra spark plugs to replace.
My question for you all is Can I say no to the 37500 service and get them to re-torque the underside as well as grease it for free as covered under warranty? As far as I know, if there are service bulletins out for these issues they should cover them at no cost.
Thanks in advance for responses.
Warranty doesn't cover maintenance. If there is a mechanical failure or a service bulletin that addresses your SPECIFIC issue then it is free.
If you do have an outside company do your maintenace work make sure you keep the reciepts. Warranty work can be denied if there are no maintenance records.
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What model do you have? How many miles? What options?
Can't tell you if its worth the money if we don't know what your vehicle is worth.
Do you have the self-leveling suspension? That will make a very big difference on the rear shock replacement cost.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
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So far been through rear wheel bearings, power steering oil cooler and just back today with new flywheel, clutch and slave cylinder on clutch. It's my wife's car, she loves it, and I have a soft spot for it, but it is costing the earth to keep going. 50,000 miles.
Oh, an then there's the AWD which has stripped the transmission rod so it only drives front wheels at the moment.
Bring on the turbo, that should go soon....
The first trip to the dealer, they charged us a lot of money and replaced a control module in the steering column that's supposed to fix both problems. Immediately after the "fix", we noticed the radio still skips. So we took it back and complained. This time they decided the radio control buttons on the steering wheel are bad, which they would replace free of charge out of the kindness of their heart. Ordered the part and told me to go back next week. As I was driving off, I noticed the turn signal started doing the same thing again! So these incompetent fools charged me several hundred dollars to replace a part that didn't need to be replaced! I'm taking it back next week and raising hell. :mad:
In the mean time, does anyone on this forum have any ideas or advice? Thank you in advance!
Made a third visit to the dealer. They decided the cruise control buttons had a short and shorted out the new "lever hub" control module they just put in on the first visit. So they replaced the cruise control button module and the radio button module on the steering wheel. They also claimed to have replaced the same "lever hub" module again. Everything seems to be working when I picked it up yesterday. Hope it stays this way. Will update if the problem recurs.
Volvo's use zero clearnace engines, which means if the timing belt breaks, the pistons will come up and crunch the valves. Rebuilding a head is expensive. Much more so than the $900 for the work.
Go directly to the mechanic, do not pass go do not collect $200.
Let them do the water pump too.
Dealer says there is no problem after having it there twice.
Problem seems to be accentuated with heavier loads
I WILL find this problem while under extended warranty.
I believe it is transmission related at this point and it was not like this when it was new.
I also am very disappointed with Volvo quality .No wonder the dealer gave me roughly a $9000 discount off the sticker price.
Sticking with Volkswagon in the future.
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yes, it is early to change plugs. Dealer is trying to make extra money off you.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
But the service writer undoubtedly works on commission too.
If you have the info..please pass it along. Any maintance we can do ourselves saves us big bucks.
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Happily still have a XC90 - 2004 - 64,000 miles on it - realizing i will be keeping it a few more years
Trying to decide if I should buy an extended warranty for 3 yrs, 36k miles, to get me to 100k
Dealer in Atlanta quoted me full coverage at about $2300
Any suggestions out there from all you educated Volvo owners?!?!
thx mucho,
lynn
I will appreciate you kind help.
I am SO THANKFUL that I spent the extra $3500 for the warranty and added it onto my financing I could almost cry! I can't imagine what the out of pocket might be (car has been in the shop for 4 days which includes over the weekend) and I don't even know 'the damage' ($$$) yet.
Good luck - I hope you make the right decision for yourself. I've never purchased a warranty (and I've had plenty of high mileage older cars than this) but I knew that should something happen, I didn't want to have to dig into my pocket to cover it!
Thanks and good luck!
We own a 2006 XC90; it's a Limited Edition Volvo Ocean Race. Recently we had minor repair work done to one of the side doors. The repair shop told us we would need to get a (ie., ONE) new VOR decal for the front outside part of the door. We questioned if it was even possible to replace it, since the decal did say 2005-06 on it. After being reassured that all would be just fine, we got the car returned, and lo and behold, we discovered that BOTH side decals were replaced (one charge of nearly $60... looks like they are sold in packs of 2 decals?). Problem is, these replacement decals are the ones used in the newer Ocean Race Edition. They now say "Around the World" on them, not "2005-06".
While this may not seem like anything worth writing about, we are furious at the repair shop for not even telling us this part - and very curious what impact, if any, this modification will have on the value of our 2005-06 very well maintained VOR XC90. :confuse: Any info or advise would be most appreciated!