NHTSA Complaint #10162408 — 2001 VOLVO S60

I BOUGHT THIS USED 2001 VOLVO S60 WITH 54K ON IT. FOUND OUT THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM OF COMPUTER SHUTTING DOWN WITH NO WARNINGS AND THERE'S ONLY POWER TO RADIO AND THE A/C FAN...NO SIGNALS NO INSTRUMENT PANEL AND NOTHING WORKED. THERE WAS ALL THESE MESSAGES SAYING BRAKE FAILURE, EMISSION CONTROL FAILURE AND SRS FAILURE MESSAGE. ENGINE RAN AS LONG AS IT WAS ON, ONCE TURNED OFF WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THE CAR COMPUTER RESETS BY ITSELF IN ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES. TOOK IT TO VOLVO DEALER TWO TIMES EXPLAINING THE DETAILS. THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPGRADE, CLEARED THE CODES AND RESET THE COMPUTER. BOTH TIMES, THE CAR WORKED FOR A WHILE BUT HAPPENED AGAIN. TWO DAYS AGO HAPPENED IN THE FREEWAY AND I ALMOST HAD A CRASH (NO SIGNALS AND ALSO COULDN'T OPEN WINDOWS TO HAND SIGNAL). I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT DON'T WANT THE CONSUMER TO KNOW ABOUT IT SO THEY KEEP DOING THE CHEAP FIX OF CLEARING CODE UNTIL NEXT TIME. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CAR NOW ESPECIALLY IN THE FREEWAY. *JB