NHTSA Complaint #10205276 — 2004 VOLVO XC90

UNSAFE FRONT SUSPENSION REPAIRED 4 TIMES BY VOLVO INVOLVING DISTRICT FACTORY TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR AND TECHNICIANS ON 3 OF FOUR OCCASIONS AND THE VEHICLE STILL HAS SERIOUS SAFETY AND HANDLING CONCERNS - NO ONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DRIVE THE CAR. IT HAS ALSO HAD SERIOUS PERFORMANCE RELATED SAFETY ISSUES REGARDING VEHICLE ELECTRONICS VIRTUALLY SHUTTING THE VEHICLE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSTATE. ANTI SKID PROBLEMS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. DRIVERS SEAT BELT ANCHOR WAS IMPROPERLY ATTACHED AND WOULD NOT HAVE HELD IN AN ACCIDENT. THE STEERING WHEEL CAME DANGEROUSLY LOOSE WHILE DRIVING AND THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT HAD NEVER BEEN PROPERLY AFFIXED. (I HAVE OWNED 300 CARS IN MY LIFE AND NEVER HAS A STEERING WHEEL COME LOOSE)! TIRES WERE ABNORMALLY BADLY AND QUICKLY DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS AND WERE NOT WARRANTY BY THE MANUFACTURE.. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CAUSED SEVERAL FUSES TO BLOW IN THE DARK EFFECTIVELY TURNING ALL REAR MARKER AND TAIL LIGHTS OFF. IT WAS NECESSARY TO DRIVE WITH THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON TO AVOID BEING HIT BY ANOTHER DRIVER. *TR