NHTSA Complaint #10131021 — 1999 VOLVO S70

HI - IN APRIL 2005 I HAD MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE JUST BEFORE THE EXTENDED WARRANT EXPIRED IN MAY. THEY MENTIONED THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM BUT SAID IT WASN'T COVERED SO I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING SINCE I HADN'T NOTICED A PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MGR SAID IT DID NOT NEED FIXED ANYTIME SOON AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. IN JULY I NOTICED THAT MY CAR KEPT LOSING POWER ON THE HIGHWAY (VERY DANGEROUS I95 IN FT LAUDERDALE). I TOOK IT IN ON A THURSDAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY CAME BACK WITH A BUNCH OF LITTLE THINGS THAT TOTALED ABOUT $1500. I WAS THINKING ABOUT A NEWER CAR SO I ASKED IF ANYTHING WAS URGENT AND THEY SAID NO AND SENT ME ON MY WAY AGAIN. I STOPPED BACK BY THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE THE POWER WINDOWS QUIT WORKING, THEY SAID IT WASN'T RELATED AND I MADE AN APPT TO COME IN THE FOLLOWING MONDAY TO HAVE THAT FIXED ($210). ON MY WAY HOME, THE ETU LIGHT CAME ON. I GOOGLED 1999 S70 ETU AND WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I WENT IN ON MONDAY I WAS LIVID THAT THEY HAD LET ME GO ON DRIVING THIS CAR WITHOUT TELLING ME OF THE POSSIBILITY OF IT DYING ON ME IN TRAFFIC. ALSO THEY HID IT FROM ME AND THEY WERE NICKEL AND DIMING ME JUST LIKE IT SAID THEY WOULD DO IN THE FORUMS! THE SALES MANAGER ADMITTED HE KNOW ABOUT THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, ETC. HE RAN ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC AND GUESS WHAT - THE PROBLEM WITH THE ETU MIRACULOUSLY SHOWED UP. THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME $1800 BUT DID ME A FAVOR AND KNOCKED IT DOWN TO $1375. CAN YOU HELP ME GET MY MONEY BACK - I AM ANGRY - I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *NM