V40 - General Comments

I have had a '01 V40 1.9t for a few months now. I am really enjoying it
I simply want to know other peoples experiences with it. Good? Bad? Le
us know.

Jarvaz

 

I've had a 2000 V40 for about 3 weeks. I'm satisfied so far, except that I'm
kind of bummed about only getting one key with it and having to pay a king's
ransom to get another one from the local Volvo dealer. I spoke to the
previous owner and he said he never had any problems in the 50k miles he put
on it. The tailgate latch wasn't working right when I got the car, the
remote wouldn't unlock it at all and the key was dodgy, but a minor
adjustment fixed that. (I took a photo of the offending part, in case anyone
else is having the same problem and wants to see how to fix it.)

The V40 appears to be somewhat rare where I live. (West Virginia) Usually
when I get a new car I start noticing all the others like it, but I've yet
to see another V40. I've only seen one S40.

 

Have a V40 1.9 TD with 300.000 Km's on ut. Still rund fine. One great tip!!
If you need spare ENGINE parts, try go to the Renault garage first. This
saved me 50% on the fanbelt tension arm.
The aftermarket sidemarkers and headlight also save you a lot.

Furthermore, it's not a big car and the suspension sucks. Shifting gears is
somewhat strange. It got a lot better when I replaced sone diskspacers
underneath the car.

Under the hood many things can be making "strange noises". The oil plug
leaks oil quite often.

I like my 81' 240 better but it expensine in the gasoline.

Replace the timing belt allway's earlier than is stated in the manual! They
seem to snap often.

Seats are comfy, climate control is great.
It won't rust (zinked).

All the best,

Martijn (The Netherlands)
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V40

 

Are you speaking specifically of the V40 or is that general advice? Is the
1.9 an interference type engine, that is to say, do the pistons collide with
the valves if the timing belt breaks?

 

Martijn - only the diesel engines have something in common with renault -
the turbo gas engines are Volvo`s own and you wont find any parts for them
at a renault garage - timing belts do not break premature on those engines

The deisel versions where newer sold in the US