Other Fuel System Pump problems of the 2005 Volvo S60

The car had difficulty in starting all of a sudden. It appeared to be an electronic ignition problem. After a few starts, warning signals started coming on. First was "engine under performance" and then it was "break failure". The car was stopped and towed to Volvo dealer. The dealer indicated that the car's fuel pump / lines were designed and installed outside the weather shielded housing. The salt used for snow melting corrodes these lines and several cars show up with this issue. So they replaced them and moved them to within the weather protected area. Searching the internet, I found several Volvo cars of this era have this problem and several occurred while driving - both loss of speed and break failure. My car was well maintained, regular oil changes with the synthetic oil and maintained by Volvo dealer or specialist. I also use the recommended 91 or 93 octane gas, so it cannot be attributed to lax maintenance or lesser quality fuel. The online forums seem to have all kinds of diagnostics for this problem. If it was a design fault at manufacturer, as advised by the Volvo dealer, I would think it would should be investigated for recall.

I have seen the recall of Volvo S60 models 2001-2005 in us in regards to the fuel pump cracks in flange and thus leak of fuel which may result in a fire. I am currently (since 7 days of the date of writing this complaint) having the same problem with my car (Volvo S60 model 2005) in uae/ abu dhabi. The dealer along with the service managers and workshop refused to carry the repair free of charge since the recall is not within uae and my car chassis number is not listed either. I was doing the utmost to let them understand that this a safety issue regardless the recall list and regardless if it is inside uae or outside and thus Volvo dealer must repair for me at once free of charge. They do not care about my safety where I still smell the gas inside the car and I am exposed to a fire as long as I am driving it with no repair. I am writing this to announce the unsatisfied about the way the dealer/ service manager treated this subject and concentrating about the money to be paid by the customer rather than sustain the safety of personnel/ owners of Volvo. I told them that they need to report to Volvo International that the subject of the recall in us happened with one of the customers in uae. Yet I got a negative action and/ or care.