Meanwhile in Belgium: Volvo V40 changes in inferno

Posted on 20-08-2013 at 10:57 by ricardo – 53 Comments”

Silly Volvo. You are totally not a Ferrari.

Volvo mechanic Peter has yesterday early to say goodbye to his Polestar blue Volvo V40. On the way back from his holiday, at the height of Gellingen, started dashboardlampjes “in an unusual way to flash”, after which his daughter, not much later, flames from the back saw.

An emergency stop followed, and Peter was with his wife and daughter to the car in time to escape. ‘Ten seconds later, and we were dead, ” he says in het Nieuwsblad. According to Peter exploded the Volvo namely, a few moments after he gets out of the car had stepped. Wut? A car explosion? That we no longer had.

Volvo of the Netherlands denies to us that the V40 is detonated, and the photos is also not violently exploded Swede to see. They are investigating the matter currently together with Volvo Sweden, but still not conclusive about the cause of the fire. A somewhat sticky situation for Volvo, since this year, 5.500 V40 messages on the Dutch roads, and the model with 1.616 copies of the best-selling car of the month July was. Who would rather have no smetje on their V40-herald. However, there are no other incidents with the volvo V40 is known. To be continued…

Thanks to all the tipgevers.

Gallery: Volvo V40-2012

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