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Hi,
What a shame to have that much front end trouble within those three mileages mentioned.
The major joint materials and control arms must be made soft as butter in strength or wear resistance.
How were the controls arms trashed? Were they bent or twisted or nearly rusted to dust?
I have heard of strut mount bearings going bad really early on Hyundai SUVs.
The one lady that I was talking to probably was a grandma. I doubt getting off the highways wouldn’t have set well with her bones.
She had around 80,000 plus on her vehicle at the time and this was about six- eight years ago, so, 2012-15? I knew early on they had lots of electrical issues.
She loved the car so she spilled out the bucks this time but I could tell she had owned American cars before in her lifetime. In the back of her mind the 100,000 mile syndrome was alive.
I see this is a 2004 vehicle.
Hyundai is Korean and Volvo is part Chinese today, so I guess many cars manufacturers from there are swimming the waters in between with snorkel masks.
Not above any high water marks of the past.
One should expect a new manufacturer breaking into the market to have some issues as I know Hyundai had lots of electrical issues in the beginning.
Volvo should have a higher standard of reputation already built in and not into becoming a follower.
Todays Volvos are being rated higher in maintenance cost than of equal class vehicles.
Reputation still counts!
Maybe that why Volvo is talking dropping ICE’s and going electric to have fewer parts issues.
Just read on here that a rear view mirror can keep a car from locking and in locking with the key FOB.
My mobile windshield glass installer told me that on some models of BMW they have a rain or darkness sensor connection right onto the windshield. He saw a connector ion the old window but knew nothing about it. Maybe it was an antenna?
BMW’s windshield are way more expensive. This he found out when he installed a customers personally purchased windshield.
The customer later went to drive the car at night.
The car HAS TO HAVE that connection for the main headlights to turn on at night.
More like safety lights for garage door openers. They need power in order for it to send a radio signal to the opener motor.
He said he hated it, but he had to charge him to then put in the correct windshield.
He also said, that Some windshields that have to be calibrated for the cameras used for navigation, sleepy alarms and so forth. He is too old to invest in that equipment.
It can be up to a additional $400 dealer fee.
So beware as you get the bugs chased out of this car.
Going newer or different could even be worse?
Phil
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