NHTSA Complaint #10927875 — 2004 VOLVO XC70

I SMELLED GASOLINE FUMES IN CAR WHEN THE CAR WAS IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET, AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK CAR TO MY VOLVO MECHANIC. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A CRACKED FUEL PUMP. COST ME $723.55 OUT OF POCKET TO REPAIR. BOUGHT THE CAR ON 02/14/2015 AND THIS REPAIR WAS ON 09/24/2015; JUST OVER SEVEN MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP! I RESEARCHED, AND SAW THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, AND CALLED VOLVO ABOUT IT. VOLVO SAID THEY WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL NOTICE ON MY CAR BECAUSE I WAS NOT LOCATED IN ONE OF THE STATES SPECIFIED IN THE RECALL NOTICE. TOTALLY UNFAIR!! OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED IN MY VOLVO IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, WHICH HAS TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS FROM BELOW 0DEG F TO OVER 95DEG F THROUGHOUT THE SEASONS. I AM VERY UNHAPPY AND FEEL I AM NOT THE ONLY VOLVO OWNER WHO HAS RUN ACROSS THIS GEOGRAPHICAL DISPARITY CONTAINED IN VOLVO'S RECALL NOTICE. I WANT A REIMBURSEMENT, AND, ALTHOUGH MY MECHANIC IS NOT A VOLVO DEALER, HE HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND SPECIFICALLY WORKS ON VOLVO VEHICLES ONLY. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM PEDERSEN VOLVO IN FORT COLLINS, CO, ON FEBRUARY 14, 2015, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER CHRIS SAID HE ALSO WOULD CONTACT VOLVO FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP ME AS VOLVO MAINTAINED THE STIPULATION OF VEHICLE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. MY REPAIR MECHANIC IS CARL DUKE VOLVO REPAIR, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO.