West Seattle Auto Repair

1989 Volvo 244 – 502,911 miles! 1998 Volvo Cross Country – 301,877 miles! Congratulations to our customers who have performed regular maintenance and achieved the benefits of longevity! Both of these photos were taken onsite as vehicles came in for maintenance. The Volvo 244, which has surpassed 500,000 miles, belonged to our fleet of low-cost rental cars for seven years and retired into private service. The Cross Country, which has surpassed 300,000 miles, belongs to a new customer. In this mild climate, with proactive care your car can remain sound and achieve long-term mechanical health

Swedish Automotive and our customers love their Volvo’s for the safety, security and longevity they provide and many of our customers own the same Volvo today that they brought to us when we opened in 1983. Volvo’s have long had a reputation of being safe and reliable cars and their durability is tank-like. Indestructible and withstanding whatever is thrown at them (or vice versa), these cars have a reputation for lasting forever and everyone know it. It is probably not a surprise learn that someone asked the question: “I wonder what it would take to kill a Volvo” and then acted on it. An online search found that many people have tried. For entertainment purposes only, here is a video of an 850 wagon put to that very test by a junkyard in a very thorough way. No trying this at home! Video courtesy of Bhagat Volvo administering a test of strength to a Volvo 850 Wagon

The Volvo S60 was best in show for all 2012 vehicles tested in the small overlap, moderate overlap, and full frontal impact tests. Although all vehicles tested performed similarly on the moderate overlap test, of the eleven 2012 midsize luxury and near-luxury cars evaluated in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) small overlap frontal crash test, only two (including the Volvo S60) earned the highest rating of “good.” In the test, 25 percent of a car’s front end on the driver side strikes a five-foot-tall, rigid barrier at 40 mph replicating what happens when a front corner of a car collides with another vehicle or an object like a tree or utility pole. S-60 Volvo small overlap frontal crash test These crashes primarily affect a car’s outer edges, which aren’t well protected by front-end crush-zone structures, and account for nearly one quarter of the frontal crashes involving serious or fatal injury to fro ... read more