After spending a couple of years working on my 1980 MGB, I thought I had picked up a little knowledge about engines. However, we have a 1997 Volvo 850 GLT sedan. Every once in a while, the "low coola
Author: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:19:31 -0500
Presumably, if the thermostat has been bad for a while (stuck in the open position) then in cold weather, you will constantly be pumping cold coolant from the radiator through the hot areas of the he
Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:17:34 -0500
use out of it, and will now get a new engine, all for $2000. Not a bad deal: certainly not worth jeopardizing the offer by getting the rep pissed off. Ford and GM have no provisions for a consumer t
Well, Steve, I've never owned a Volvo but I have dealt w/ car dealers and, for the most part, they are all the same. My guess would be that the engine replacement will cost Volvo the $4,500 and they
Steve, I bvote for trying to get Volvo to pick up the entire cost. As was previously stated, you certainly made them aware of the issue at 49,500, and obviously the engine was in the same state then
Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 18:48:56 -0500
Congrats to you Steve! I'm glad to hear that Volvo is like Volkswagen, and BMW: a company that stands behind their product and doesn't hang their customer out to dry. Auto enthusiasts tend to remembe
Author: "T. Keith Vezina" <tkvezina@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 19:41:27 -0600
I don't think that the factory rep was personally involved in the diagnosis, just the adjustment of the bill. It is the diagnosis and remedy that I question. Personally, getting only 50K out of a mod
Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:51:11 -0500
Volvo's deal could have disappeared as soon as some non-authorized mechanic touched the engine. Ford has done this to me or my company twice. Once on an Escort with a cracked head, the other with an
Author: "T. Keith Vezina" <tkvezina@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 19:42:37 -0600
Obviously there was still a little room for the company to back up since they decided to amend their first offer and eat the additional $2000. I find it hard to believe that any factory rep would res
Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:30:16 -0500
I really am glad to hear that someone succeeds against these monoliths. I fought long and hard and ran up against a stone wall named Ford. Mine was not a whimpy bitch about a vehicle I regretted buyi
Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@huntnet.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 17:31:59 -0600
I have had exactly the opposite experience with Ford. To date they have truck, painted my son's mustang, and bought back a "98 Mountaineer with a hesitation problem that they could not solve. The sec