Volvo reliability?

Question

Are volvo cars really any better than ford? I know they are one of the safest brands on the road, but are they more reliable than any other american car?

Answer 1

Without any doubt. In fact, when I must travel long distances, I take the Volvo because I can sleep knowing that if the driver couldn't exactly maneuver out of an accident, I would be safer.

Answer 2

Volvo still uses it's own engines and diagnostics and electrical some chasis parts are shared with Ford but Volvo even put's it's own twist on that, and Volvo still builds them in Sweden and Belgium.The chasis's from Ford they use are because they're stiffer and make their cars bigger and on top of that newer Fords have been devoloped by Volvo or helped at least the RSC on the Ford Explorer was invented by Volvo for it's XC90 if anything this is good because it improves a huge American market Volvo is far from being ruined.I'm not sure about reliability though these days their cars are quite complicated 5 cylinder models are probably the most reliable.

Answer 3

I stop buying Volvo since it was purchased by Ford. I don't think Volvo is one of the safest brand. It was about 10 years ago. Now other cars are just as safe as Volvo.

It is not the safest car, certainly not the most reliable, and most die hard Volvo fans stop buying Volvo since Ford redesigned the car. I would buy American car before buying another Volvo. (I never purchased American car in my life!!!) Least they are not as over priced.

Answer 4

They are much more reliable. And way better than overpriced, overrated Japanese cars that the owners swear never break down (just look at the Honda and Toyota section of Y! answers to see how many problems Japanese cars really have).

My Volvo is 22 years old and has 230,000 miles on it. It uses no oil and the transmission shifts better than many new cars. I have had to do no major repairs on this car in the two years I've owned it.