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Re: wheel bearings 200 1992

posted by  someone claiming to be jorn schreurs on  Wed Nov 29 22:30 CST 2000 [RELATED]

Agree totally!

The only time I had a front wheel bearing go bad on a 240 was because of a missing seal (!).

Car was a '76 bought new by my parents and always maintained by the Volvo garage. I got the car when several things went wrong at once and garage repair was too expensive. Turned out Volvo garage had screwed every single item up, just to sell a new car (did not succeed)

When I opened up the bearing the 240 replacement bearing did not fit, turned out only a 740 bearing would fit and whole assembly was of a 740. According to the garage bills this part had never been touched. They must have made a swap to favour another customer but in the process managed to forget to fit the seal! They also charged for air filters and gaskets and other repairs without fitting any, etc, etc. This was an official Volvo garage!!

You can image I lost confidence in Volvo shops by then and made it my quest to tell anybody who cares to listen. Moral of the story: NEVER EVER use a Volvo garage for anything but the purchage of unique spare parts (swear a lot and bargan for a discount!)

Regards.

(Volvo addict - product only!)





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