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S80 power steering noises, rough ride, non-working door locks... S80 2000

posted by  tennberg on  Sat Feb 22 18:08 CST 2003
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Hi everyone,

My 2000 S80 is going in the the shop this Thursday (for an appt. I made 2 weeks ago) to have the following problems looked at:

1. Loud whining from the power steering. This started about 3 weeks ago, and occurs about 75% of the time now. It first starts when I start up my car in the morning, and really gets going after the first turn I make in the car. It does not go away until I turn the car off.

2. Door locks, door locks, door locks...I have had my car in the shop at least 5 times to have the door locks looked at. When it first started, it was either the doors randomly locking or unlocking themselves while I was driving, or have the doors unlock during the night when it was parked. Now, it's gotten to the point where the driver's door lock is broken, and needs to be manually pulled up or down. My car no longer alarms with the remote, and needs to be alarmed manually with the key.

Now, the new problem that just started in the past couple days is SEVERE rattling and shaking through the steering column when I make turns. Not only does the steering column shake, but the ENTIRE car shakes along with it. I will need to mention this to them when I bring it in.

One other note: I have also had the shop look at my car because I feel that the ride has gotten a lot rougher and bumpier in the past couple months. The car tends to really shake and rattle over relatively smooth roads. When they took it out for a test drive, they said nothing was wrong. But maybe with the power steering making noises and the rattling through the steering column, more symptoms are coming up of a much larger problem...

Anyway, wish me luck this Thursday...I'm just glad that there are less than 6 months on this lease remaining...August 17, 2003 will be a very nice day indeed!








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    S80 power steering noises, rough ride, non-working door locks... S80 2000

    posted by  someone claiming to be Frank on  Sun Feb 23 03:34 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    You are low on PS fluid because there's a leak, typically at a hose clamp at the PS pump low pressure hose.
    You need a new door latch assembly for the LF door now which might also explain why the other door locks might have intermittant problems. They're check those after replacing the LF door latch.
    As for the front suspension, sounds like possible loose ball joints as those do often wear out prematurely on S80s and newer '01 on up Volvos now. Front struts, strut mounts and sway bar links also fail often on S80s.
    If you now have very worn/loose ball joints, I wouldn't wait too much longer or even consider freeway driving as is. If a balljoint gets bad enough and separates, you will loose total control of the car so it's nothing to take chances on.








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    S80 power steering noises, rough ride, non-working door locks... S80 2000

    posted by  someone claiming to be Volvo specialist on  Sun Feb 23 01:01 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    You get get rid of the noise from power steering by filling up more power steering oil.







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