I OWN THE 2005 S40. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2.5 MONTHS THAT MY CAR HAS JUST DECIDED NOT TO START. THE FIRST TIME, IT HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED AND I DROVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO A GAS STATION, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND THEN IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER A FEW TRIES IT DECIDED TO START. I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY BACK TO DEALER AND THEY KE…
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I OWN THE 2005 S40. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 2.5 MONTHS THAT MY CAR HAS JUST DECIDED NOT TO START. THE FIRST TIME, IT HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED AND I DROVE ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO A GAS STATION, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND THEN IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER A FEW TRIES IT DECIDED TO START. I TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY BACK TO DEALER AND THEY KEPT IT FOR A DAY AND SAID NOTHING WRONG. IN THE MEAN TIMES, A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE NST TIME THE CAR FAILED TO START, I THOUGHT I SMELLED SOMETHING FIRE-LIKE SMOKY, BUT FIGURED MUST BE MY IMAGINATION. SO THE SECOND TIME, I PARKED THE CAR AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 45 MINUTES AND THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. I DID NOT CONTINUE TO TRY TO START IT, BECAUSE I WANT THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT IT DOES AND HAD IT TOWED THERE. THEY SAID IT COULD BE A KEY MALFUNCTION OR SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STARTER. I DID FIND A RECALL ON THE 2005 S80 THAT SEEMS TO FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF MY PROBLEMS. I WONDER IF THE S40 HAS THE SAME STARTER PROBLEMS AS THE S80. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN REPAIR FOR 2 DAYS NOW. *NM
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