# Volvo S40

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-s40/8452>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volvo\
**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-s40/8452 "2007-12-18T17:59:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Evans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@Mike\_Evans](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mike_Evans)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-s40/8452/1 "2007-12-18T17:59:10Z")

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Thinking about purchasing a 2000 Volvo S40. 1.9 Turbo. The car seems really loud. Is that normal?

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**Author:** ![Roadrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@Roadrunner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roadrunner)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-s40/8452/2 "2007-12-18T20:06:55Z")

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No. Try and get it up on a lift and inspect the complete exhaust system starting at the exhaust manifold.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-s40/8452/3 "2007-12-18T20:27:22Z")

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The 2000 Volvo S40 is on Consumer Reports list of “Used Cars to Avoid.” Check the reliability ratings on this vehicle before you spend your money.

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**Author:** ![karl-sieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@karl-sieger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/karl-sieger)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-s40/8452/4 "2007-12-19T01:16:53Z")

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'00 to’04 S40’s; (not '04.5 model year and up) are “headache” cars in my opinion. I haven’t noticed too many that were overly loud but that’s subjective. There’re problems with vibration while idling that are extremely hard to solve, though, and boy do these vibrate! Occasionally I can’t get the rear alignment angles within specs when doing a wheel alignment, even if the car’s never hit anything. It’s as

though the rear suspension isn’t attached properly to the body, dimension-wise. The one’s that are OK are solid little economy 4-doors, though. Would a Camry be cheaper?

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**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-s40/8452/5 "2007-12-19T03:20:17Z")

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Its a rebadged euro market Mitsubishi with a touch of Volvo. Don’t bother if you think its loud, it will only get worse.