Volvo Fire

are people aware of the recent car accident between an Irish Government Ministers car and a Tourist Rental it happened in Ireland

The Government Ministers Car was a Volvo

Major problem is shortly after crash Volvo burst into flames and was completly destroyed now imagine if this was in a remote area and the occupants were unconsious The rental driven by the Tourists was badly damaged but no fire the collision was a head on

Now I think this should be very worrying for Volvo as no way should the Volvo have burned

I have written to Volvo Ireland for a comment but no reply.

mylesm

Just because a fire starts after an accident is no reason to believe that this is an inherent problem with all cars from this manufacturer. Fires in all cars today are more common because the fuel injection systems maintain very high fuel pressures. Before fuel injection the mechanical fuel pumps generated less than 10 psi and fuel delivery stopped as soon as the engine stopped running. Modern EFI cars run fuel pressures of 40-60 PSI with electric fuel pumps. Although every effort has been made by all manufacturers to shut down these pumps in case of accident, the residual fuel and pressure in the lines, if a line is damaged, can easily cause enough fuel to spill and create a source for a fire to start.

Yes if a vehicle is involved is a higher number of fires after a collision then they may be a design and safety problem, but to my knowledge this is not the case with any Volvo models.

There is a risk to driving, car manufacturers have made tremendous advancements in protecting the occupants, but there is still a personal risk that must be accepted and not passed onto others.

Yes but Volvo Prides itself on safety and fuel pressures of 10 or 60 wont make much difference if a fuel leak occurs

I still think it is a cause of concern that a Volvo burst into flames after a head on collision.

The rental which was not a Volvo did not and as nobody was very badly injured what could have been a simple accident could easily have become a tragedy.

Mylesm

Another point being that fuel is not the only combustiable fluid under the hood of a car, engine oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, even anti-freeze are all flamable. It is not very often that a frontal collision occures where some sort of fluid does not leak, if any of these fluids contact the very hot exhaust manifold a fire can occure and NO ONE can take measures to eliminate this risk.

Take some reassurance that Volvo is considered the benchmark in safety and your chances of injury are greatly reduced because of the design, engineering, and commitment they put into their cars.

HAHA. 10-60PSI is not enough to cause a fire? where did you get that information? have you ever released the pressure from service port? it sprays out pretty good.

I did a bunch of research on this after my brother's S60 T5 needed to have a fuel tank replaced. Being the lazy person that i am, i would not have researched anything under normal circumstances. At first my brother smelled a trace of fuel in his garage, so he thought it wasn't anything serious and left it alone until about a week later when he opened his garage in the morning and an overpowering stench of gasoline rushed out the door. Immediately the car was towed in for service, and the repairs were performed.

Turns out that volvo has been having numerous cars burst into flames. Not just during accidents either, these cars would catch fire simply while driving. About a month ago i saw a burned volvo wagon standing at the side of a highway. I feel a lot better knowing that the S60 is gone now.

Personally i think this has something to do with Ford taking over volvo. American cars have always been inferior to even the poorest quality vehicles, and now Volvo, the manufacturer of the world's safest vehicles is being controlled by Ford? I was performing an oil change on my 2005 S40, and after removing the belly pan, i noticed that many components carry the "Ford Motor Company" label, one of those being the brake pads. This really scared me, as i would not trust my life, or a life of a loved one to an american vehicle. Hopefully Ford's quality ethics were not a significant influence on my car's manufacturing.

The ONLY Volvo products with ANY Ford content are the new P1 based S40/V50 and they are a vast improvement over the sow's ear they replaced.

Another point being that fuel is not the only combustiable fluid under the hood of a car, engine oil, transmission fluid, brake fluid, even anti-freeze are all flamable. It is not very often that a frontal collision occures where some sort of fluid does not leak, if any of these fluids contact the very hot exhaust manifold a fire can occure and NO ONE can take measures to eliminate this risk.

Take some reassurance that Volvo is considered the benchmark in safety and your chances of injury are greatly reduced because of the design, engineering, and commitment they put into their cars.

But surely volvo products like link removed by Moderator-Spamdon't have any Ford content...

This thread is too old to be resurrecting . Closed.