NHTSA Complaint #10563765 — 2005 VOLVO XC90

THE MOTOR FAILED ON MY 2005 VOLVO XC90 AS A RESULT OF THE COUNTERBALANCE SHAFT BEARINGS FAILING DUE TO MOISTURE IN THE MOTOR. I WAS NOT AWARE THIS MOTOR WAS SUBJECT TO FAILURE AT LESS THAN OR EVEN AROUND 100K MILES. VOLVO DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE MOTOR FAILURE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL DONE. AFTER THIS HAPPENED I WENT TO SOME VOLVO WEBSITES(SWEDESPEED) ONLY TO FIND THIS SAME EXACT MOTOR FAILURE HAS HAPPENED TO VERY MANY OF THESE 2005 VOLVO XC90'S BECAUSE OF THE COUNTERBALANCE SHAFT BEARINGS FAILING. IN FACE THERE'S A FORUM CATEGORY TITLED "V8 COUNTERBALANCE SHAFT FAILURE THREAD" WHERE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AND VOLVO KNOWS ABOUT THIS ENGINE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT DO A RECALL. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE WHERE VOLVO BACK THEIR PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY THE ENGINE IN A VEHICLE. *TR