2016 Volvo S60

AS FAR BACK AS 2011, THERE WERE COMPLAINTS THAT VOLVOS EQUIPPED WITH THE CITY SAFETY SYSTEM WOULD SUDDENLY STOP OR SLOW DOWN FOR NO REASON. THIS SAME SITUATION HAPPENED TO ME IN SEPTEMBER 2018. AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION, MY VOLVO S60 SUDDENLY CAME TO A HALT. THERE WAS NOTHING IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AS I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND AS I WAS ABOUT TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, I NOTICED A WARNING ON THE DASH THAT THE CITY SAFETY HAD GONE OFF. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON, MY VOLVO HAD DECIDED TO JUST STOP. FORTUNATELY FOR ME, THERE WERE NO CARS APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME. HAD THERE BEEN, I COULD EASILY BEEN REAR ENDED OR SIDE SWIPED. THE FOLLOWING DAY, I IMMEDIATELY CONTACT VOLVO AND SCHUMACHER VOLVO IN WEST PALM BEACHES. DESPITE PROVIDING A FULL EXPLANATION TO VOLVO, THEY REFUSED TO COMMENT OR ADDRESS THE MATTER. SCHUMACHER TOOK MY CAR AND DID A FULL INSPECTION, WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT THE CAMERA WAS DIRTY AND THEY HAD TO REMOVE AND CLEAN IT. NOW LET ME BE CLEAR, THE INSIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD IS SPOTLESS. THE OUTSIDE IS CLEAN. WHAT SCHUMACHER WAS REFERRING TO WAS THE CAMERA INSIDE THE UNIT THAT IS SEALED UP AGAINST THE TOP OF THE INSIDE WINDSHIELD. HOW COULD THIS CAMERA EVEN GET DIRTY? THIS IS THE REASON THE CITY SAFETY SYSTEM COULD HAVE CAUSED A FALSE POSITIVE. THE SYSTEM COULD INCORRECTLY ASSUME THERE WAS SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND PUT ON THE BRAKES. AFTER SCHUMACHER HAD CLEANED THE CAMERA, THEY STATED THE SYSTEM HAD BEEN TESTED AND WAS WORKING. I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER, RICHARD, IF WE COULD TEST MY CAR OUT WHEN I PICKED IT UP. UNBELIEVABLY, HIS RESPONSE WAS: 'VOLVO WON'T LET US TEST THE CITY SAFETY SYSTEM. IT IS FAR TOO DANGEROUS. WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD PUT OUR CUSTOMERS IN DANGER OR DAMAGE A CUSTOMER'S VEHICLE'.

CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 5/31/2016, IN LESS THAN 4 MONTHS I EXPERIENCED REPEATED STALLS WHILE ACCELERATING. THE CAR WOULD REV HIGH AND THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE. DURING THIS TIME THE CAR WAS IMMOBILIZED. THIS OCCURRED MID-FLIGHT WHILE ACCELERATING. ON SEPTEMBER 23, I TOOK THE CAR TO NORTHPOINT VOLVO TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. I WAS TOLD NOTHING SHOWED UP IN THE VEHICLE COMPUTER AND THAT THEY ADJUSTED THE SOFTWARE. OK. I HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF MY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AT 10K AND 20K MILES, WITH THE LAST ONE BEING PERFORMED JUNE 14, 2017. OVER THE LAST MONTH THE CAR HAS STALLED TWICE MID-FLIGHT. THE CAR'S RPMS INCREASED AND THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE THE CAR. I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR ENGINE REVS, AND THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. I CANNOT GET IT OUT OF TRAFFIC. THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING. THE LAST INCIDENT WAS TERRIFYING AS A I WAS ALMOST RAMMED FROM BEHIND BY A PICKUP TRUCK. ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR HAS BEEN IN MOTION - NORMALLY UPON ACCELERATION. I ACTUALLY FEAR FOR MY SAFETY IN THIS CAR WHICH IS CRAZY BECAUSE VOLVO SALESPEOPLE SELL THE SAFETY FEATURES OF THE CAR ABOVE EVERYTHING. I NOTED ALL OF THIS IN A SURVEY TO VOLVO MONTHS AGO AND NEVER RECEIVED ANY CONTACT FROM VOLVO - I ASSUME THEY DON'T CARE. BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES ON A NEW CAR, I FEEL COMPELLED TO REPORT IT TO THE NTSB.

2016 VOLVO S-60. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE PROBLEMS. *LD..THE CONSUMER STATED VOLVO HAD A RECALL ON THE OIL PRESSURE SENSORS (FAILURE CAUSED ENGINES TO SEIZE). THE DEALER CLAIMED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL BUT, THE ENGINE SEIZED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD. THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE ENGINE BUT, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONSUMER STATED SINCE, THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE DIMINISHED DRASTICALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST ANY FURTHER. *JS ...UPDATED 06/14/17 *BF *AS

PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2016 VOLVO S60 - THE CAR AT INCIDENT DATE HAD 200 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC ON A CALIFORNIA FREEWAY - THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, STEERING, LIGHTS, ETC WHILE IN THE NUMBER 4 OF 7 LANE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. THE CAR WAS BLACKED OUT, NO LIGHTS, NO POWER, NO ENGINE, STALLED WITHOUT POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. - WE WERE ALMOST KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THERE WERE NUMEROUS COLLISIONS THAT OCCURRED BEHIND AND AROUND US AS A RESULT OF THIS CAR BEING DEAD IN THE WATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT. I HAVE VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE CAR AS 18 WHEEL SEMIS SKIDDED SIDEWAYS, ALMOST KILLING US AT 60MPH FROM BEHIND - AS WELL AS MANY OTHER CARS. FAST FORWARD TO AN EXPLANATION FROM VOLVO - THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAR TOLD ITSELF THAT IT RAN OUT OF GAS WITH 1/4 GAS IN THE TANK. STATED THERE WAS SOME SORT OF FUEL SENDING ISSUE AND THEY WERE TRYING TO EVALUATE. WE STILL HAVE HEARD NOTHING, OTHER THAN IT WILL BE TWO TO THREE WEEKS AT THE DEALER - WE HAVNT EVEN HAD THIS BRAND NEW CAR THAT LONG.