Any advice which other members have had either dealing with Volvo Customer services or fuel rail sensors on P2 cars would be gratefully accepted.
It all started in early December (are you sitting comfortably) when my V70R developed a misfire at around 3000 rpm, I called my local dealer and asked them what the matter could be. I was told that unless the engine management light was on, they would be unable to carry out a diagnostic (which I now know is incorrect) anyhow I was told to keep driving the vehicle until the light came on or the car failed !!
About two days later coming home from a shift, I committed myself to an overtake on a B road when the car stuttered and stalled, leaving me with no power steering limited braking and being left on the wrong side of the road. I managed to steering the car back onto the correct side of the road and restart it without causing an accident. Understandably I was extremely ****** off with the dealer I originally spoke to and found a new dealership, who booked me in immediately and were absolute stars. The MAF was swapped out and was counted out, then I found an article about failing fuel rail sensors in the States and a recall R181 that had been issued against S60 and V70 made during 2003 and 2004.
I called the dealer who had come to the same conclusion and also stated that an advisory note had been issued suggesting the relocation of the PEM module to rectify fuel delivery issues.
It was booked back in, new fuel rail fitted and PEM module cleaned and the problem disappeared ) but I was landed with a massive bill. The dealer suggested I contacted Volvo to help out (if I knew I was going to be stuck with the bill I would have purchase parts via Rufe).
Anyhow to cut a long story short, Volvo customer relations have stated that the R's in the US have a different variant of engines (although my engine numbers matches the recall exactly) and that advisor notes are improvement suggestions only.
Can anyone out there confirm if the US spec R is any different to our UK versions or what come back I have against Volvo as this is clearly a well documented problem.
Help ............
Thank you
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