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S40 problems. Your experience? S40-V40

posted by  bigric on  Fri Mar 21 17:35 CST 2003
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My wife and I have a 2000 S40 1.9T with 62k miles and have not had a happy owner experience with it. Here's a quick rundown so far of the problems:
Needed software upgrade
Bad motor and tranny mounts replaced twice each
Bad LF hub
Bad left CV joints
Bad catalytic converter
Bad heat shield resulting in no-start replaced twice
Bad ignition switch
Bad shift park override switch

And now, the rear brakes need replacing. 18k miles after I just replaced them. The dealer says that this is normal, but I've never had a vehicle need brakes, especially rear brakes, this often.

I'm not incredibly happy with the reliability of this vehicle. Has anybody else had similar experience with their S40? I'd love to hear about it.






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