Any V50 Diesel Estate Owners?

Any V50 Diesel Estate Owners?

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Wills82

Original Poster:

69 posts

179 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Good afternoon,

The wife has decided 2014 holds a new car for her, and it needs to be an estate as baby has arrived and the dog is due to arrive this year too! (Help!!)

Anything I should be looking out for on these cars? I've done some initial internet searches, reading etc and i'm liking the look of the R Design models.

A lot of the cars have high mileage - expected with Diesel Estates.

What are your experiences with these cars?
What do I need to look out for?

Any advice anyone can give is much appreciated.

Thanks


Evo141n

274 posts

159 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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I've had a 54plate V50 for about six years. now at 153,000 miles.
Only major item was the alternator failure at about 110k, £500-£600 to replace IIRC. Oh and a couple of swing arms with intergrated bushes £200 inc fitting. Other than that fine. Oh and its a 2.0 D SE.
has all the extras I want and is a fine family car in my opinion.

Wills82

Original Poster:

69 posts

179 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Thanks a lot for your reply. I'm still doing research on the web regarding extras and what seems to come with what models as standard.

I'm one of those people who generally try to avoid the higher mileage cars, but would consider taking one with approx 70 or 80k on the clock with the view to own for 5+ years, so we'd get it up to 130k+

Thanks again.

FiF

43,960 posts

250 months

Tuesday 7th January 2014
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had a 55 2.0D manual for 3 years, only one thing went wrong, headlight washer seals. They claimed due to putting too strong washer fluid in but as it was only the same strength as is available on draft in Statoil stations in Sweden it was one under warranty. I think it went to about 60k plus.

had a 58 2.0D auto Powershift dual clutch for 3 and a half years. again 60k ish, had a problem with the aircon again fixed under warranty.

Other than that bot so reliable that thought about buying the 58 plate when it went back to lease company, then I found out the cost of a DPF servioce. £700 just for the DPF then the fitting, then the service, then the VAT.

To be fair if the lease company had been reasonable about the selling price I'd have given it more consideration but I could have bought on from a dealer with less miles and a Volvo warranty cheaper.

Decent vehicles imho, we had plenty on our fleet and very few had problems.

j4ck100

798 posts

144 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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Had a 2.0D and a T5.

2.0D was an 09 with 45k, battery died which spiked the ecu and required reprogramming @ £600.00 from volvo. I battled with the guy as was 1 year out of warranty and got it down to 400, still a fair amount though. He said it forgot it's pin code, i said i do that all the time.

T5 was a beaut but 28mpg gets tiring. Fuel pressure sensor went, volvo wanted 150 quid, bit of digging sees part for £45 from ford as same engine in ST. TY V Much.

Just remember they are essentially focus estates, not really true volvo's . Key switch can go 300 quid to replace. Dash is a little tacky. V. comfy though/.

Hope helps

Wills82

Original Poster:

69 posts

179 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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Thanks guys. Appreciate the feedback and advice!

Ross

williredale

2,866 posts

151 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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My dad had two; one after the other. The first was a 2.0D and the second was a 1.6 diesel. Both bought at a year old and kept for two years. I can't remember anything going awry with the first but he had problems with the lacquer and paint flaking away from the wheels of the second. Fixed (eventually) under warranty though.

ucb

943 posts

211 months

Wednesday 8th January 2014
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I have had a 58 plate V50 D5 R Design SE for the past 2.5 years, and about 40k miles.

We got it prior to our first child and can fit in the rear-facing seat relatively easily in the back. Been away for a couple of holidays in it without needing a roofbox.

It's plenty quick enough, and reasonably comfy although the 18's can make the ride a bit crashy over potholes. Its better on the 17's. Steering is lacking in much feel and you can tell there's a bloody great big lump slung over the front. Seats are fantastic, it doesn't rattle, high performance audio is excellent.

I've not had particularly great experience with the dealers, but the car hasn't required anything other than routine servicing. T

uktrailmonster

4,827 posts

199 months

Thursday 13th February 2014
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Wills82 said:
Thanks a lot for your reply. I'm still doing research on the web regarding extras and what seems to come with what models as standard.

I'm one of those people who generally try to avoid the higher mileage cars, but would consider taking one with approx 70 or 80k on the clock with the view to own for 5+ years, so we'd get it up to 130k+

Thanks again.
Owned a V50 2.0D SE from new for 9 years and 125K miles. It's been a good family car on the whole (if a bit on the small side for 2 kids), but the reliability dropped off markedly at around 100K miles. Nothing much went wrong with it before that point (one broken suspension spring), but in the last 25K miles it's been expensive to run. The exhaust cats needed replacing, the alternator failed, both the front suspension arms needed replacing (a known weakness I believe) and a front wheel bearing failed. Also had to have a new front headlight unit as the levelling system broke. It cost a good few grand to get it back in shape again, but it's been running well ever since. Still on the original clutch and battery, which is not a bad effort.

So I would recommend a V50, but be careful if you are buying at 70-80K miles as it may start to show signs of trouble fairly soon. Better to go for a newer low mileage one if you can. I'm not sure they are really designed for the long haul.

Skyedriver

17,661 posts

281 months

Thursday 13th February 2014
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Wills82 said:
Good afternoon,

The wife has decided 2014 holds a new car for her, and it needs to be an estate as baby has arrived and the dog is due to arrive this year too! (Help!!)
Why do so many women want to have a new dog & a baby at the same time?
A baby takres a lot of looking after
A puppy takes a lot of looking after
Get one or the other
The puppy will be less trouble and less costly - just

uktrailmonster

4,827 posts

199 months

Thursday 13th February 2014
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j4ck100 said:
Just remember they are essentially focus estates, not really true volvo's
That's not a bad thing at all. The 'Ford' V50 is light years better than the 'Volvo' V40 it replaced. The Focus is an excellent car too and worthy of consideration, although having owned both the Volvo is definitely a nicer cabin.