I've been chasing a problem for over two years and I am posting here to see if anyone has any ideas. The car use to ride nice and smooth, but now the ride is terrible. I really hate to drive the car. The ride feels like the wheels always need to be balanced. Imperfections in the road comes through has pronounced wheels bouncing and clunks. When I brought the car in 2000 it had Michelin tires. Well, I replaced one tire, then another tire, and then finally all four tires with Goodyear Eagle GT HR P195/60R15 87H on 6/4/2004. A synopsis of things I've tried is shown below. Of course I have made numerous trips to the dealer to complain about the problem. But, they have been unable to identify a problem except for the bent right rear control arm, which they say would not cause the type of problem I described. There is no uneven ware on the tires. I even took it to a independent Volvo repair shop and he could not identify any problems.


06/04/04 Replace all four tires (Goodyear Eagle GT HR P195/60R15 87H)
08/04/04 Balance, Rotate, Alignment
09/24/04 Balance + Rotate
10/04/04 Replaced blown tire + Balance
12/04/04 Balance, Rotate, Alignment
02/17/05 Balance + Rotate (Dealer performed, couldn't align bent Right Rear control arm, then made some adjustments)
04/02/05 Alignment
05/23/05 Balance + Rotate
05/25/05 Struts + Shocks (Monroe Senstrac)
08/09/05 Balance + Rotate
11/17/05 Balance
12/XX/05 Balance
01/13/06 Balance (Dealer)